People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability: 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Sisco 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 Sisco 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.
Ancien couvent Sainte-Catherine: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sisco.
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Sisco costs more than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €15.11/m² a month
€3,208/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,208/m²: 57 houses and apartments sold in Sisco between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.06/m² a month. Houses were 65% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sisco€3,208/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,060/m²
37
€15.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.94 to €19.12/m² a month)
8.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,210
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Cap Corse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Sisco is harder to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,020 a year. At the census, 4.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haute-Corse’s towns (5.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 11.0%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Sisco, 0.4 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 10% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Sisco than in Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
53median age
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below Haute-Corse’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 29% of residents. Among adults, 30% have a degree.
SiscoHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Sisco records 85 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 94 in Haute-Corse’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Haute-Corse can expect 85.5 years and a boy 81.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 109 residents of Sisco died, against 128 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Sisco is Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia, 9.2 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Sisco · 0.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
8.1 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
Sisco has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
In 2025, 9 offenses were recorded in Sisco. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.6. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage9
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
46.9%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 46.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Sisco is a commune of 1,182 people in the Communauté de communes du Cap Corse. 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
1,182 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Cap Corse
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
9.6 sq mi (24.9 km²)
INSEE code
2B281
Sisco’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 Sisco
Is Sisco safe?
Sisco has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Sisco expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,208/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sisco 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.
