The local economy does well: 2.7 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Ibos grades A− overall, better than 78% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #4 of 12 in Hautes-Pyrénées. Health outcomes beat most towns (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. What holds it back is schools (C+) — bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,929/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Ibos 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 Ibos.
HealthHealth A
Mortality in Ibos, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns: 73 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Hautes-Pyrénées, women can expect to live 85.3 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 398 deaths in Ibos between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 441: 10% below. For a family doctor, residents of Ibos can choose among 5 GPs.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw90
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Ibos · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Tarbes Lourdes Gespe site Tarbes
3.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Tarbes Lourdes Gespe site Tarbes
85.3 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hautes-Pyrénées, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ibos is a graduates’ town: 39% hold a degree, more than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns
15% are under 15, higher than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (14%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%. The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents.
49median age
IbosHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Brevet results near Ibos run low: 85.9% passed, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #13 of 14 in Hautes-Pyrénées. Near Ibos, 91.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%). At the 4 vocational lycées within 5 km, 89% of 355 candidates passed the bac pro.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Ibos: 17% were built before 1919, more than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ibos is Église Saint-Laurent. The protected list starts in prehistory. This Hautes-Pyrénées town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Ibos has lower unemployment than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 8.7%
Households’ median disposable income: €27,540 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 8.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Bicycle3%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,000
jobs based in Ibos, 2.7 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Ibos sees more crime than 52% of compared French towns
Ibos has 3,000 jobs for 1,100 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Violence against people ran at 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 20.4 (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 43 offenses recorded here. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
1.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage36
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence32
Fraud16
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.
1.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
43
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.8%
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, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.8% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B−
Ibos’s grade for cost of living: a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,929/m²: 69 houses and apartments sold in Ibos between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.57/m² a month, about level with Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€10.24/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 86% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,929/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ibos€1,929/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€1,744/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,929/m²
59
€10.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.54 to €13.08/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,150
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ibos
Is Ibos safe?
It grades B− for safety, #8 of 12 in Hautes-Pyrénées.
Are schools in Ibos good?
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns. 97% of 217 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Jean Dupuy in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ibos expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,929/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ibos grades B− for cost of living.
About Ibos
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Ibos is a commune of 2,813 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. 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.
