Le Pouget has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 11.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,595/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Vallée de l'Hérault. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Le Pouget 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 Le Pouget.
HousingCost of living C−
Le Pouget is graded a C− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,595/m², comes from 75 sales of houses and apartments in Le Pouget from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.20/m² a month.
€2,595/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Pouget€2,595/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,811/m²
71
€12.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.25 to €16.06/m² a month)
7.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallée de l'Hérault
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Only 7.3% of commuters in Le Pouget go to work without a car, fewer than in Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
Public transport took 2.8% of Le Pouget’s working residents to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,960 a year per consumption unit, in line with Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970). Just over a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
450
jobs based in Le Pouget, 0.5 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 18% of people in Le Pouget are under 15, more than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, lower than Hérault’s towns (24%) and near compared French towns (22%). Le Pouget has a median age of 43.5.
43.5median age
Le PougetHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Le Pouget’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Le Pouget can choose among 2 GPs. Its care home for older people (30 places) counts its residents as Le Pouget’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 235 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 237, 1% more. Life expectancy at birth in Hérault is 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Le Pouget · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Mtp Smur Antenne Clermont L Herault
14.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Saint Clair les Hopitaux du Bassin de Thau Sete
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Less crime per resident in Le Pouget than in 50% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Le Pouget was criminal damage (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.1 cases of violence against people and 14.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). All told, Le Pouget had 31 recorded offenses in 2025.
7.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Burglary6
Family violence5
Fraud9
Theft without violence8
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.
7.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
22.4%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 22.4% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Dolmen de Gallardet and 5 more in and around Le Pouget
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Pouget
Is Le Pouget safe?
It grades B− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Is Le Pouget 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 €2,595/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.83/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Pouget grades C− for cost of living.
About Le Pouget
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Le Pouget is a commune of 2,122 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée de l'Hérault. 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.
