School results are strong: brevet results 12 points above the expected rate. Recorded crime is low: an average of 6.4 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. The drawback is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on walkability as well — 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking #5 of 14 in Haute-Corse. On that grade it does better than 70% of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
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 Borgo 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
A home in Borgo sells for €3,410/m², more than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Borgo, houses go for €3,500/m² and apartments for €3,362/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.21/m² a month. The sales split: 35% houses, the rest apartments.
€3,410/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Borgo€3,410/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,500/m²
124
Apartments
€3,362/m²
226
€13.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.37 to €16.46/m² a month)
9.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Fewer people in Borgo are out of work than in Haute-Corse’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.3%
The median disposable income was €26,200 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Corse’s towns (€23,160) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Borgo number 4,450, against 4,600 residents in work (1 per worker). The census found 3.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
4,450
jobs based in Borgo, 1 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,200
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 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Borgo records less crime per resident than 76% of compared French towns
In 2025, 183 offenses were recorded in Borgo. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 183 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 2025.
6.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage75
Family violence41
Other physical violence21
Sexual violence19
Vehicle theft17
Theft from vehicles10
Armed robbery0
Fraud51
Drug use31
Theft without violence28
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.
6.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
183
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 · Small counts of burglary go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Borgo has fewer older residents than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 17% are 65 or over
People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above Haute-Corse’s towns (10%) and close to compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Borgo is 41.9 years old. Among adults, 26% have a degree.
41.9median age
BorgoHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education26%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Borgo is above 60% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 7 general practitioners in Borgo. Its care home for older people (85 places) counts its residents as Borgo’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 655 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 681, 4% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Borgo is Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia, 7.8 mi away.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Borgo · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
8.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
85.5 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Corse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 0.7% of the total, lower than both Haute-Corse’s towns (4.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Borgo is Église de l'Annonciation. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Borgo
Is Borgo safe?
It grades A− for safety, #8 of 14 in Haute-Corse.
Are schools in Borgo good?
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns and #2 of 12 in Haute-Corse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Borgo expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.68/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Borgo grades D for cost of living.
About Borgo
Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica
Borgo is a commune of 10,311 people in the Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo. 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.
