Rodez grades A overall: better than 87% of compared French towns, and #10 of 14 in Aveyron. Its weakest subject is safety (C+): an average of 9.6 recorded violent incidents and 15.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,094/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Rodez Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 29% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Rodez with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rodez.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Rodez gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 28.6% of commuters
Rodez sits above both Aveyron’s towns (13.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Rodez has 21,850 jobs for 10,350 working residents, 2.1 per worker.
29%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving67%
On foot19%
Public transport8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
21,850
jobs based in Rodez, 2.1 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
31 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2018
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 31 historic monuments in Rodez: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 23 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2018.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Allowing for age and care homes, Rodez sees fewer deaths than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 78 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Rodez is below both Aveyron’s towns (83) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 2,683 residents of Rodez died, against 2,820 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
19
GPs in Rodez · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rodez has more crime per resident than 64% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 637 offenses in the graded categories in Rodez in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.1% of the index here.
9.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage244
Other physical violence104
Theft from vehicles98
Family violence74
Sexual violence63
Burglary30
Vehicle theft24
Drug use158
Theft without violence143
Fraud136
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
9.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
637
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Cathédrale Notre-Dame: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison de Benoit: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison d'Armagnac: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Renaissance dite de l'Annonciation: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pierre Soulages: NVP3D, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raimond-Bérenger III de Barcelone: Josep Bracons from Barcelona, Catalonia, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Richard Ferrand: Faculté de droit Paris-Est Créteil, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Alexandre Geniez: Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Sabrina Viguier: Anders Henrikson, CC BY 2.0 · Frédéric Hantz: 34 super héros, CC BY-SA 4.0
Rodez’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rodez
Is Rodez safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #12 of 14 in Aveyron. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 244 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rodez good?
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns and #9 of 13 in Aveyron. The lycée stands out: 100% of 280 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Alexis Monteil in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rodez expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,094/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €2,059/m² (179 sales), apartments €2,100/m² (1,186 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rodez grades B for cost of living.
About Rodez
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Rodez is a commune of 23,981 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rodez Agglomération. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
