Overall, Muret earns a C+, which places it #71 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. It comes out better than 37% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety — an average of 10.7 recorded violent incidents and 17.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes sell for a median €2,318/m²: 70 m² comes to 6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Muret 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 Saint-Jacques: Photo: Jordi78 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Muret.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
More people in Muret are out of work than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.6%
18%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs located in Muret: 14,300, for 10,450 residents in work (1.4 each). Households’ median disposable income: €25,050 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 8.7% of working residents in Muret to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
Public transport9%
On foot7%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
14,300
jobs based in Muret, 1.4 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,050
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 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Muret runs higher than in 75% of compared French towns
10.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
All told, Muret had 722 recorded offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage228
Family violence96
Burglary95
Other physical violence92
Theft from vehicles83
Vehicle theft70
Sexual violence58
Fraud217
Theft without violence214
Drug use148
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.
10.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
722
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 3.2 points below the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 185 candidates at 2 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Muret, 92.8% passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%). By results, schools here place #62 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Muret has 5 historic monuments, 1 classé
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 5 are houses and mansions. Among the classé monuments in Muret is Église Saint-Jacques. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Muret skews young, with 12% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
43.5median age
Children are 17% of the town. Degrees are held by 30% of adults, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Typical age in Muret: 43.5, the median.
MuretHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
HousingCost of living B−
For cost of living, Muret gets a B−
€2,318/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,618/m² in Muret, apartments for €2,115/m². 867 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,318/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.47/m² a month, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Muret€2,318/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,618/m²
400
Apartments
€2,115/m²
467
€11.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.62 to €13.68/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,260
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Muret run lower than in 51% of compared French towns
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Muret records 87 deaths per 100 expected, about level with compared French towns (88) and above Haute-Garonne’s towns (80). France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,399 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,390, about as many. Average lifespans in Haute-Garonne: 86.4 years for women, 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Also worth knowing: 35 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
35
GPs in Muret · 5.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique D Occitanie
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique D Occitanie
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Muret is a commune of 26,079 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo. 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
26,079 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
22.5 sq mi (58.4 km²)
INSEE code
31395
Muret’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 Muret
Is Muret safe?
It grades C for safety, #67 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 95 burglaries and 228 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Muret good?
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns and #62 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 97% of 479 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pierre d'Aragon in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Muret 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 €2,318/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Muret 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.
