Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 1 job per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median home sells for €1,180/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Valence-sur-Baïse 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 Valence-sur-Baïse 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 Valence-sur-Baïse.
Who lives here
Valence-sur-Baïse has fewer young adults than Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 14%, higher than Gers’ towns (13%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). 34% of residents are 65 or over. Among adults, 22% have a degree.
53.4median age
Valence-sur-BaïseGers medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
Valence-sur-Baïse’s grade for cost of living: an A−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.82/m² a month, about level with Gers’ towns (€9.96/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Valence-sur-Baïse: 43 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €7.10/m² a month.
€1,180/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Valence-sur-Baïse€1,180/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gers median€1,500/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,180/m²
43
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.88 to €12.25/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Tenarèze
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Incomes in Valence-sur-Baïse run lower than in Gers’ towns or compared French towns: a median €22,300 a year per consumption unit
Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 5.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gers’ towns (12.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Valence-sur-Baïse has 400 jobs for 400 working residents, 1 per worker.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
400
jobs based in Valence-sur-Baïse, 1 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,300
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 34% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Valence-sur-Baïse’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Gers can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Its care home for older people (18 places) counts its residents as Valence-sur-Baïse’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 179 residents of Valence-sur-Baïse died, against 190 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Valence-sur-Baïse · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Condom
19.6 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Valence-sur-Baïse
Is Valence-sur-Baïse safe?
Valence-sur-Baïse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Valence-sur-Baïse expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Valence-sur-Baïse grades A− for cost of living.
About Valence-sur-Baïse
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Valence-sur-Baïse is a commune of 1,147 people in the Communauté de communes de la Tenarèze. 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.
