Where it does best is cost of living (A+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A−): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results trail most towns: brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Gy 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 Gy 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A+
Homes in Gy cost less than in Haute-Saône’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €885/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.08/m² a month, about level with Haute-Saône’s towns (€8.86/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Gy from July 2023 to June 2026: 49 houses and apartments. Houses made up 84% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€885/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gy€885/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Saône median€1,108/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€885/m²
41
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.29 to €11.31/m² a month)
2.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Monts de Gy
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Gy has lower unemployment than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 9.1%
Half of residents lived on more than €25,430 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Saône’s towns (€22,560) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Gy: 600, for 450 residents in work (1.4 each). 4.7% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
600
jobs based in Gy, 1.4 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Gy sees 93 deaths per 100 expected, against 102 in Haute-Saône’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
148 deaths in Gy between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 125: 18% above. The nearest emergency department to Gy is Gh Haute Saone site Gray, 10.9 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Saône is 84.7 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 4 family doctors.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Gy · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gh Haute Saone site Gray
14.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz Besancon
84.7 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Saône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Gy keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Saône’s towns or compared French towns: 42% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, Gy counts 57 protected monuments, above both Haute-Saône’s towns (10) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1998. On the Culture ministry’s list, Gy counts 6 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Demeure, chemin dit Derrière les Tours.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gy
Is Gy safe?
Gy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 12.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Gy good?
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gy expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gy grades A+ for cost of living.
About Gy
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Gy is a commune of 1,049 people in the Communauté de communes des Monts de Gy. 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
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.
