Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are a strength too — bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 1.5 points above the expected rate. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and C+ for walkability. Second homes make up 20% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Côme-d'Olt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Côme-d'Olt 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 Saint-Côme-d'Olt.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Saint-Côme-d'Olt costs less than in Aveyron’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.09/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,567/m²: 38 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Côme-d'Olt between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 38 homes were sold in the town.
€1,567/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Côme-d'Olt€1,567/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,567/m²
38
€8.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.32 to €10.35/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.00/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,760
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Comtal Lot et Truyère
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Côme-d'Olt are 15 to 24: 6.1%, fewer than in Aveyron’s towns and across compared French towns
13% are under 15, lower than both Aveyron’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 35% of residents. Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults.
55.3median age
Saint-Côme-d'OltAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Exam results around Saint-Côme-d'Olt beat 80% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
94.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Côme-d'Olt, near Aveyron’s towns (93.1%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one. At the general lycée, 98% of 41 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Saint-Côme-d'Olt is 16.7 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (85 places) counts its residents as Saint-Côme-d'Olt’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Côme-d'Olt have one GP on hand. In Aveyron, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.1 years for women and 80 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 290 residents of Saint-Côme-d'Olt died, against 259 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Côme-d'Olt · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
16.7 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
Saint-Côme-d'Olt keeps more of its old housing than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Côme-d'Olt counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Ancienne église Saint-Pierre de Boisse ou ancienne église des Pénitents. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Unemployment in Saint-Côme-d'Olt, 5.0%, runs below Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
At the census, 6.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Aveyron’s towns (13.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Saint-Côme-d'Olt counts 0.7 jobs (400 jobs, 550 workers). The median disposable income is €25,290 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
400
jobs based in Saint-Côme-d'Olt, 0.7 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns
Portail roman de Levignac: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien château de la famille des Castelnau, actuellement hôtel de ville: Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Côme: Photo: Jean-Claude Charrié · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne église Saint-Pierre de Boisse ou ancienne église des Pénitents: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Côme-d'Olt
Is Saint-Côme-d'Olt safe?
Saint-Côme-d'Olt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 2.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Côme-d'Olt good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Côme-d'Olt expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,567/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Côme-d'Olt grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Côme-d'Olt
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Saint-Côme-d'Olt is a commune of 1,449 people in the Communauté de communes Comtal Lot et Truyère. 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.
