Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on walkability as well — 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is jobs & income: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for 10% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Vitteaux 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 Vitteaux 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 Vitteaux.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vitteaux than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.62/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,018/m², below Côte-d'Or’s towns (€2,299/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. Sales in Vitteaux from July 2023 to June 2026: 35 houses and apartments.
€1,018/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vitteaux€1,018/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côte-d'Or median€2,299/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,018/m²
34
€7.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.74 to €10.11/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
On foot, Vitteaux works better than nine in ten compared French towns
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,350 a year. Unemployment stood at 11.7%, above both Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 6.2% of working residents in Vitteaux didn’t travel to work at all.
27%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving66%
On foot18%
Public transport8%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Vitteaux, 1.4 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Vitteaux: 36% are 65 or over, above Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. 11% are under 15, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.3% of the town.
54.5median age
VitteauxCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Vitteaux run lower than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 435 residents of Vitteaux died, against 221 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 97% more. Its care home for older people (171 places) counts its residents as Vitteaux’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Vitteaux is Centre hospitalier Robert Morlevat Semur En Auxois, 11.3 mi away. This Côte-d'Or town has 3 family doctors.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw197
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Vitteaux · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Morlevat Semur En Auxois
11.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Morlevat Semur En Auxois
86.1 · 80.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côte-d'Or, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More protected monuments for its size in Vitteaux than in Côte-d'Or or compared French towns: 85 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Nearly a third of homes were built before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Vitteaux is Camp de Myard ou Miard. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 6 of 9. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vitteaux
Is Vitteaux safe?
Vitteaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 550 jobs for 400 working residents, Vitteaux draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is Vitteaux expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vitteaux grades A+ for cost of living.
About Vitteaux
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Vitteaux is a commune of 1,054 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois. 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.
