Le Houga has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Le Houga 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 Le Houga.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Houga than in Gers’ towns or across compared French towns: €8.07/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,410/m², below Gers’ towns (€1,500/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The market in Le Houga: 53 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,410/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Houga€1,410/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gers median€1,500/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,410/m²
53
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.61 to €11.60/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,530
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Bas Armagnac
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 31% of residents are 65 or over
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Gers’ towns (8.5%) and below compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 13%.
52.9median age
Le HougaGers medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Le Houga has a higher adjusted death rate than 69% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Le Houga. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 95 per 100 expected, higher than both Gers’ towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 193 residents of Le Houga died, against 174 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. At birth, a girl in Gers can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Le Houga · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Mont de Marsan Antenne Smur D Aire Sur L Adour
17.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources
85.5 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gers, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Only 6.2% of commuters in Le Houga go to work without a car, fewer than in both Gers’ towns and compared French towns
Jobs based in Le Houga number 550, against 450 residents in work (1.2 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €23,480 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 5.8% of working residents in the town at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
Public transport0%
550
jobs based in Le Houga, 1.2 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,480
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 36% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Homes from before 1919 in Le Houga: 17%, against 21% in Gers’ towns and 7.4% in compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Le Houga, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Houga
Is Le Houga safe?
Le Houga has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 3.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Le Houga expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Houga grades A for cost of living.
About Le Houga
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Le Houga is a commune of 1,202 people in the Communauté de communes du Bas Armagnac. 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.