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6,924 people call this town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie home.
The local economy does well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment. With an A overall, Escalquens is better than 92% of compared French towns. That places it #7 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. Homes sell for a median €3,069/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Sicoval. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Escalquens 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Escalquens as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Belberaud, 1.7 mi away.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Escalquens.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
546 deaths in Escalquens between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 608: 10% below. Adjusted mortality locally: 77 deaths for every 100 expected. The town has 5 family doctors. In Haute-Garonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Unemployment stood at 8.5%, near Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%). 3.8% of Escalquens’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Escalquens, 98.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #13 of 91 in Haute-Garonne on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jane DieulafoyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 93%−3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Pierre Paul RiquetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 470 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Jacques PrévertBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 143 | 99%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Escalquens, the most frequent was burglary (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 134 offenses locally in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.5 violent offenses and 13.9 graded property crimes a year.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence 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, 2.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
190 sales of houses and apartments in Escalquens, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,069/m². A house in Escalquens goes for €3,180/m², an apartment for €2,966/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 190 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,180/m² | 122 |
| Apartments | €2,966/m² | 68 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. 10% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with Haute-Garonne’s towns (10%) and below compared French towns (11%).
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Escalquens | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Escalquens. Best known first.
Nothing in Escalquens is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Escalquens yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escalquens | 6,924 | — | A | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Labège | 4,392 | 1.4 | B− | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Saint-Orens-de-Gameville | 14,646 | 2.6 | B+ | C− | B− | B+ |
| Castanet-Tolosan | 15,317 | 2.6 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Sainte-Foy-d'Aigrefeuille | 2,576 | 3.1 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Auzeville-Tolosane | 4,665 | 3.5 | A | C | A | A− |
| Ramonville-Saint-Agne | 15,158 | 4.3 | B | C+ | C− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #38 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 64 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #13 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,069/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.12/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Escalquens grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Escalquens is a commune of 6,924 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Sicoval. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.