Val-d'Usiers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,100/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Altitude 800. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Val-d'Usiers 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 Val-d'Usiers.
Who lives here
A town of families: 22% of people in Val-d'Usiers are under 15, more than in Doubs’ towns or compared French towns
17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Doubs’ towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Val-d'Usiers in two is 37.5. Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults.
37.5median age
Val-d'UsiersDoubs medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Mortality in Val-d'Usiers, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Doubs’ towns and compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 147 deaths in Val-d'Usiers from 2016 to 2025; there were 122, 17% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Doubs is 85.7 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Doubs town has 3 family doctors.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Val-d'Usiers · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier
6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi Hc site Rives du Doubs Pontarlier
85.7 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Doubs, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Val-d'Usiers is rich in protected monuments: 23 per 10,000 residents, more than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Val-d'Usiers counts 5 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Valère. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 5, make up the bulk. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Val-d'Usiers is better off than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,590 a year per consumption unit
The census found 7.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 5.7% of the labour force were unemployed, below Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
400
jobs based in Val-d'Usiers, 0.4 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
The estimated advertised rent in Val-d'Usiers is €12.87/m² a month, against €10.97/m² in Doubs’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,100/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in Val-d'Usiers from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 72% houses, the rest apartments. A house rents for an estimated €13.47/m² a month.
€2,100/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val-d'Usiers€2,100/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Doubs median€1,556/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,128/m²
34
€12.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.09 to €16.41/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.47/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Altitude 800
Croix de la chapelle: Photo: Ludovic Péron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mairie-école: Photo: Ludovic Péron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mont-calvaire de Sombacour: Photo: Ordifana75 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Val-d'Usiers
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Val-d'Usiers as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val-d'Usiers
Is Val-d'Usiers safe?
Val-d'Usiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Val-d'Usiers expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,100/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Val-d'Usiers grades B for cost of living.
About Val-d'Usiers
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Val-d'Usiers is a commune of 2,132 people in the Communauté de communes Altitude 800. 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.
