Boussac’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income (C−): 3.1 jobs per working resident; 14.5% unemployment.
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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Boussac 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 Boussac 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 Boussac.
Who lives here
An older town: 43% of people in Boussac are 65 or over, more than in Creuse’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 14% of adults. 7.3% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 10% of the population.
60.1median age
BoussacCreuse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Boussac than in Creuse’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.83/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €920/m², below Creuse’s towns (€1,137/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. House rents are put at about €6.69/m² a month. Sales in Boussac from July 2023 to June 2026: 39 houses and apartments.
€920/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Boussac€920/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Creuse median€1,137/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€920/m²
39
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.24 to €9.84/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,800
median annual income per consumption unit, Creuse Confluence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Boussac’s ages would predict, 113 per 100 expected, above Creuse’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 308 deaths in Boussac from 2016 to 2025; there were 446, 45% more. The nearest emergency department to Boussac is Centre hospitalier de Montlucon, 18.4 mi away. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Creuse can expect 84.6 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 5 GPs practise here.
+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw145
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Boussac · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
18.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
84.6 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Creuse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Boussac run lower than in Creuse’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €21,070 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stands at 14.5%. 22.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Creuse’s towns (21.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 6.3% of working residents in Boussac didn’t travel to work at all.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot19%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
1,100
jobs based in Boussac, 3.1 per working resident
14.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,070
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 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Boussac keeps more of its old housing than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 4 are houses and mansions. Boussac has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Boussac
Is Boussac safe?
Boussac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Boussac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Boussac grades A+ for cost of living.
About Boussac
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Boussac is a commune of 1,236 people in the Creuse Confluence. 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.
