Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. 26% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Aléria 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 Aléria 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.
Site archéologique de la ville antique d'Aleria: Photo: Clio20 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Matra: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Marcel: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aléria.
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Aléria sell for a median €2,404/m²
€2,404/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 49% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.17/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.57/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and below Haute-Corse’s towns (€13.75/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aléria€2,404/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
€12.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.94 to €15.91/m² a month)
7.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€21,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Oriente
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 Aléria run higher than in 71% of compared French towns
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Aléria is Antenne Smur Ghisonaccia, 8.2 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, about level with Haute-Corse’s towns (94) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 194 residents of Aléria died, against 202 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Corse is 85.5 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Aléria · 5.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur Ghisonaccia
37.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Chirurgicale du Sud de la Corse
85.5 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Corse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Aléria are lower than in 92% of French communes of 1,000+
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €22,450 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Corse’s towns (€23,160) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.8% of commuters got to work without a car.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
Public transport0%
1,150
jobs based in Aléria, 1.3 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Aléria than in Haute-Corse or compared French towns: 22 per 10,000 residents
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Aléria: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Vestiges de la nécropole préromaine et villa romaine. The oldest protected building goes back to protohistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Aléria has fewer young adults than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24
47.2median age
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, lower than both Haute-Corse’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 17% of residents. Half the people of Aléria are older than 47.2.
AlériaHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Aléria is a commune of 2,267 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Oriente. 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
2,267 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Oriente
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
24.4 sq mi (63.3 km²)
INSEE code
2B009
Aléria’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 Aléria
Is Aléria safe?
Aléria has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 1,150 jobs for 850 working residents, Aléria draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is Aléria expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Aléria grades D for cost of living.
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.
