Graçay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 18.8% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Graçay 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Graçay skews older, with 39% of residents 65 or over, more than Cher’s towns or compared French towns
For Graçay, that is above both Cher’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 6.4% of residents.
57.3median age
GraçayCher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Graçay, 18.8%, runs above Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Graçay sits above both Cher’s towns (11.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €22,620 a year per consumption unit.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
300
jobs based in Graçay, 0.8 per working resident
18.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Graçay keeps more of its old housing than Cher or compared French towns: 28% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Graçay above both Cher’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Graçay: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Graçay is Dolmen, dit La Pierre Levée ou La Grosse Pierre.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Graçay sees 90 deaths per 100 expected, against 97 in Cher’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 406 residents of Graçay died, against 329 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Its care home for older people (102 places) counts its residents as Graçay’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Graçay · 1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Vierzon
11.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Vierzon
84 · 78.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Graçay
Is Graçay safe?
Graçay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Graçay expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.40/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Graçay grades A for cost of living.
About Graçay
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Graçay is a commune of 1,234 people in the Communauté de communes Vierzon-Sologne-Berry. 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.
