A town of contrasts. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools do well: brevet results 11 points above the expected rate. Add safety to its strengths: an average of 7.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. All told, that adds up to a C+ overall and a rank of #8 of 14 in Haute-Corse. On that grade it does better than 43% 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.
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 Penta-di-Casinca 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.
Église paroissiale San Michele: Photo: Sicilarch · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Penta-di-Casinca.
Schools
Schools around Penta-di-Casinca do better than those of 99% of compared French towns
92.0%passed the brevetA+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Penta-di-Casinca, 92.0% passed the brevet, between Haute-Corse’s towns (94.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 15.7 mi off. Results rank its schools #4 of 12 in Haute-Corse.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
The middle sale price in Penta-di-Casinca: €3,058/m²
€3,058/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Penta-di-Casinca, houses go for €3,270/m² and apartments for €2,684/m². 83 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.29/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Penta-di-Casinca€3,058/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,270/m²
38
Apartments
€2,684/m²
45
€12.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.91 to €15.38/m² a month)
9.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Castagniccia-Casinca
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Penta-di-Casinca is 16.7 mi from the nearest emergency department
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Penta-di-Casinca records 103 deaths per 100 expected. There are 12 general practitioners locally. Also worth knowing: in Haute-Corse, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 358 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 346: 3% above.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Penta-di-Casinca · 6.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
17.5 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
Less crime per resident in Penta-di-Casinca than in 67% of compared French towns
7.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Penta-di-Casinca. For 2025, the figures show 56 offenses locally.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Family violence13
Other physical violence9
Fraud24
Theft without violence16
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.
7.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
56
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.4%
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 · When sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (8.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
1 historic monument, none of them classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century. 5.5% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than Haute-Corse’s towns (4.2%) yet lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Penta-di-Casinca are 15 to 24: 8.5%, fewer than in Haute-Corse’s towns and across compared French towns
46.5median age
25% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 26% have a degree. At 46.5, the median resident of Penta-di-Casinca sits in the middle of the age range.
Penta-di-CasincaHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. 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
Work & commuteJobs & income C
People in Penta-di-Casinca have lower living standards than in 92% of French communes of 1,000+
8%walk, cycle or take transit
Households’ median disposable income: €22,490 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Penta-di-Casinca: 1,550, for 1,400 residents in work (1.1 each). At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
1,550
jobs based in Penta-di-Casinca, 1.1 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
Penta-di-Casinca is a commune of 3,671 people in the Communauté de communes de la Castagniccia-Casinca. 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
3,671 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Castagniccia-Casinca
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
7.3 sq mi (18.9 km²)
INSEE code
2B207
Penta-di-Casinca’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 Penta-di-Casinca
Is Penta-di-Casinca safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #9 of 14 in Haute-Corse.
Are schools in Penta-di-Casinca good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #4 of 12 in Haute-Corse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Penta-di-Casinca expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.95/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Penta-di-Casinca 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.
