Auch grades B overall: better than 58% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 11.5 recorded violent incidents and 21 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,714/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Auch 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 Auch.
History
25 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 25 historic monuments in Auch: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 20 inscrit (the second level). 14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Auch runs higher than in 87% of compared French towns
No compared town in Gers has more graded crime per resident than Auch: it ranks last of 9. Police and gendarmerie recorded 650 offenses in the graded categories in Auch in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.2% of the index here.
11.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage279
Other physical violence104
Family violence78
Burglary69
Sexual violence55
Theft from vehicles47
Vehicle theft18
Theft without violence209
Drug use118
Fraud85
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.
11.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
650
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
More people in Auch are out of work than in Gers’ towns or across compared French towns: 13.1%
Auch sits above both Gers’ towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Auch has 17,750 jobs for 8,600 working residents, 2.1 per worker.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot13%
Bicycle3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
17,750
jobs based in Auch, 2.1 per working resident
13.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Auch gets a B+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,714/m², comes from 931 sales of houses and apartments in Auch from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.02/m² a month, close to Gers’ towns (€9.96/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,714/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Auch€1,714/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gers median€1,500/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,755/m²
430
Apartments
€1,696/m²
501
€10.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.11 to €12.37/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Auch’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 3,081 residents of Auch died, against 3,016 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. Its eight care homes for older people (497 places) count their residents as Auch’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
25
GPs in Auch · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Auch En Gascogne
1.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Auch En Gascogne
85.5 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gers, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Enceinte de ville: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien couvent des Cordeliers: Photo: Guiguilacagouille · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison du 15e siècle: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tour du Sénéchal ou d'Armagnac: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange: Lex.mercurio, Public domain · Arnaud Denjoy: unknown photographer, Public domain · Jean-Joseph Dessolles: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain · Nicolas Portal: Petit Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse: Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, Public domain · Jacques Fouroux: Panini, Public domain
Auch’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Auch
Is Auch safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 69 burglaries and 279 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Auch good?
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #5 of 11 in Gers. The lycée stands out: 100% of 84 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Oratoire Sainte-Marie in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Auch expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,714/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €1,755/m² (430 sales), apartments €1,696/m² (501 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Auch grades B+ for cost of living.
About Auch
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Auch is a commune of 22,428 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne. 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
Population
22,428 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne
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.
