Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Brou grades B− overall, better than 52% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #16 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. Crime runs high (C): an average of 12.3 recorded violent incidents and 15.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The local economy is weaker than most: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 15.2% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Brou 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 Brou.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Brou: 39% are 65 or over, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.8% of the population. 12% are under 15, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up just over one in ten adults.
58.1median age
BrouEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma40%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education11%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Brou has higher unemployment than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 15.2%
Median disposable income comes to €23,030 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 19.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (16.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
On foot11%
Public transport5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,650
jobs based in Brou, 1.6 per working resident
15.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Brou costs less than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.44/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,377/m², below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€1,915/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. 166 houses and apartments changed hands in Brou from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,377/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Brou€1,377/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,380/m²
155
€9.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.88 to €11.32/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Châteaudun
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Brou than in 75% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Brou (2025). For 2025, the figures show 81 offenses here. This Eure-et-Loir town has 1,650 jobs for 1,000 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
12.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Family violence24
Sexual violence9
Other physical violence7
Burglary7
Fraud18
Theft without violence14
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
12.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
81
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Brou sees more deaths than 64% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Brou has 2 family doctors. Its care home for older people (132 places) counts its residents as Brou’s; allowing for it, deaths were 7% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 658 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 719, 9% more. The nearest emergency department to Brou is Ch Chateaudun, 12.9 mi away.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Brou · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chateaudun
21.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Chartres Louis Pasteur le Coudray
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Brou: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Brou: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Brou
Is Brou safe?
It grades C for safety, #25 of 30 in Eure-et-Loir. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Brou good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #12 of 31 in Eure-et-Loir. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Brou expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Brou grades A− for cost of living.
About Brou
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Brou is a commune of 3,230 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Châteaudun. 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.
