Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica has a population of 1,486.
Cauro’s best grade is for 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. Buying in is costly (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Cauro 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.
The 3 things Cauro does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cauro 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.
Cauro has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cauro as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Erasme ou Sant'Erasmu, in Ajaccio, 7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cauro.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €16.07/m² a month, about level with Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€16.26/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Cauro: 37 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 70% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 4.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (6.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 8.3% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Cauro has one family doctor. Average lifespans in Corse-du-Sud: 87.2 years for women, 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 191 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 203, 6% more.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below Corse-du-Sud’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Among adults, 32% have a degree. Half the people of Cauro are older than 50.7.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Cauro | Corse-du-Sud median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 24% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corse-du-Sud median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Cauro. Best known first.
Nothing in Cauro is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cauro as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cauro | 1,486 | — | — | D | — | A− |
| Bastelicaccia | 4,411 | 2.4 | B− | D− | A+ | B− |
| Grosseto-Prugna | 3,900 | 3 | B+ | D− | B | B+ |
| Sarrola-Carcopino | 3,278 | 5.6 | B− | D− | C+ | A |
| Afa | 3,350 | 6.5 | — | D− | — | C |
| Ajaccio | 76,320 | 7.1 | A | D | B+ | B |
| Alata | 3,681 | 8.2 | — | D | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cauro has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cauro grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
Cauro is a commune of 1,486 people in the Communauté de communes de la Pieve de l'Ornano et du Taravo. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.