Boulbon’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Schools lag (D): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Boulbon 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 Boulbon 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.
Chapelle de Saint-Marcellin: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Julien: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix de Saint-Julien, située quartier des Bouisses et des Abrigans: Photo: Léo Forté Nîmes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Sainte-Anne (ancienne): Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boulbon.
HousingCost of living D
The estimated advertised rent in Boulbon is €12.00/m² a month, against €15.81/m² in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€3,360/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,360/m², lower than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€3,824/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €11.24/m² a month. Houses were 89% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Boulbon€3,360/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,450/m²
34
€12.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.52 to €15.12/m² a month)
10.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in Boulbon run below what its ages would predict: 76 per 100 expected, fewer than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Boulbon has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Boulbon is Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut, 6.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 163 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 124, 24% fewer. In Bouches-du-Rhône, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw76
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Boulbon · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
6.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Boulbon has fewer young adults than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 9% are 15 to 24
48.5median age
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Under 15: 16% of residents. Boulbon has a median age of 48.5 years.
BoulbonBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
More protected monuments for its size in Boulbon than in Bouches-du-Rhône or compared French towns: 45 per 10,000 residents
7historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 21% of the total. Among the classé monuments in Boulbon is Chapelle de Saint-Marcellin. This Bouches-du-Rhône town has 7 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 5 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. 4 of the 7 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Only 6.2% of commuters in Boulbon go to work without a car, fewer than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
For its 700 residents in work, Boulbon has 350 jobs: 0.6 each. Unemployment stands at 8.4%. Bus, tram or train carried 2.3% of working residents in Boulbon to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Boulbon, 0.6 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 51% of compared French towns
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Boulbon is a commune of 1,543 people in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette. 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Boulbon
Is Boulbon safe?
Boulbon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.8 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Boulbon good?
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Boulbon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Boulbon grades D for cost of living.
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.
