Calvi’s weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 42% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. School results trail most towns (D): brevet results 2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Calvi 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 Calvi.
HousingCost of living D−
Buying in Calvi costs more than in Haute-Corse’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €5,000/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.57/m² a month, above Haute-Corse’s towns (€13.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. No town in Haute-Corse costs more to buy into than Calvi, at €5,000/m², the highest of 16. Houses accounted for 9% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€5,000/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Calvi€5,000/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€6,033/m²
36
Apartments
€5,000/m²
374
€15.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.08 to €20.07/m² a month)
14.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Calvi Balagne
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Calvi is easier to get around on foot than 84% of compared French towns
For its 2,750 residents in work, Calvi has 3,750 jobs: 1.4 each. Half of residents lived on more than €23,020 a year per consumption unit, about level with Haute-Corse’s towns (€23,160) and below compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 11.6%.
42%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving52%
On foot39%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
3,750
jobs based in Calvi, 1.4 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 84% 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 Calvi than in Haute-Corse or compared French towns: 8.6 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 2.9% of the total, below Haute-Corse’s towns (4.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. On the Culture ministry’s list, Calvi counts 5 historic monuments: 4 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 5, make up the bulk. The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Calvi records more crime per resident than 75% of compared French towns
Calvi ranks last of the 14 compared towns in Haute-Corse on the Safety Grade. Its tally for 2025: 160 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 12.8 cases of violence against people and 15.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
12.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage74
Other physical violence36
Family violence35
Sexual violence15
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence50
Fraud34
Drug use21
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.
12.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
160
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.8%
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 · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 1.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Calvi run higher than in 65% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Calvi. In Haute-Corse, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 81.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 509 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 544: 6% below.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Calvi · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Smur de Calvi
36.1 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
Children make up only 14% of Calvi, fewer than in Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 22% of adults. 12% of residents are 15 to 24, above Haute-Corse’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up a fifth of residents.
40.2median age
CalviHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma34%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Remparts de la citadelle et Tour du Sel: Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0 · Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Sainte-Marie: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Calvi
Are schools in Calvi good?
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Calvi expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Calvi grades D− for cost of living.
About Calvi
Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica
Calvi is a commune of 5,788 people in the Communauté de communes de Calvi Balagne. 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.
