Households here earn well (B+): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. At the median price of €2,596/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Schools are its weak spot — brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. Health is weaker too (C−).
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bû 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 Bû 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 Bû.
Schools
Schools around Bû do less well than those of 94% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Bû, near Eure-et-Loir’s towns (84.3%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 0.7 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 7.2 mi away.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Bû run higher than in 79% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Bû is Ch Dreux, 7.3 mi away. Adjusted mortality here: 100 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 132 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 132, about as many. At birth, a girl in Eure-et-Loir can expect 84.7 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Bû · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Dreux
7.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Dreux
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bû is a graduates’ town: 36% hold a degree, more than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns
Over-65s are 18% of the population. 20% are under 15, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. At 41.9, the median resident of Bû sits in the middle of the age range.
41.9median age
BûEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Bû, 5.9%, runs below Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how just over one in ten commuters travelled at the census. The median disposable income was €29,490 a year per consumption unit, above both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€24,620) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Bû didn’t travel to work at all.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport8%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Bû, 0.3 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bû
Is Bû safe?
Bû has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Bû good?
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bû expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,596/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bû grades C− for cost of living.
About Bû
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Bû is a commune of 2,077 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo du Pays de Dreux. 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.
