At €2,386/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Lauragais. Its schools fall short: brevet results 14 points below the expected rate. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Caraman has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Caraman 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 Caraman.
Schools
Exam results around Caraman trail 99% of compared French towns
80.0%passed the brevetD−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Caraman, 80.0% passed the brevet, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (88.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Its collèges and lycées rank #91 of 91 in Haute-Garonne on results. General-bac pupils go 9.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Caraman sees more deaths than 69% of compared French towns
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Caraman: 95 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 207 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 197, 5% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Caraman is Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud, 12.1 mi away. In Haute-Garonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Caraman · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
12.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Caraman than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.80/m² a month
€2,386/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,386/m²: 67 houses and apartments sold in Caraman between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Caraman€2,386/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,415/m²
64
€10.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.03 to €12.91/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Terres du Lauragais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Caraman: 19% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Caraman, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
44.8median age
Among adults, 37% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 17%, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and near compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Caraman in two is 44.8.
CaramanHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer people in Caraman are out of work than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.4%
8%walk, cycle or take transit
7.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 5.5% of working residents in Caraman didn’t travel to work at all. Households’ median disposable income: €26,590 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Caraman, 0.7 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
Jean-Chrysostôme Calès: A.T-2014 and Jimmy44, CC BY-SA 3.0
About Caraman
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Caraman is a commune of 2,513 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Lauragais. 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
2,513 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Terres du Lauragais
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
11.9 sq mi (30.7 km²)
INSEE code
31106
Caraman’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 Caraman
Is Caraman safe?
Caraman has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Caraman good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Caraman expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,386/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Caraman grades B+ 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.
