Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D): 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most (C−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Huismes 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 Huismes 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 paroissiale Saint-Maurice ainsi que le passage couvert qui relie l'église au logis dit du Doyenné et le jardin de l'ancien presbytère situé au lieu-dit le Bourg: Photo: Rensi sur Wikipédia allemand · Public domain · Ruines du château de Bonaventure: Photo: Louis Boudan · Public domain · Château de Contebault: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manoir de La Bruère (dénommé parfois improprement La Chancellerie): Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Huismes.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Huismes works less well than 92% of compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 8.1%. The median disposable income is €26,250 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Huismes, 0.2 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 8% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Huismes costs less than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.35/m² a month
€1,555/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,555/m², lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€2,465/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Huismes recorded 47 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Huismes€1,555/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,555/m²
47
€9.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.22 to €12.12/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,530
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Chinon, Vienne et Loire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Huismes sees more deaths than 78% of compared French towns
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
135 deaths in Huismes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 136: 1% below. After the care-home adjustment, Huismes’ deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). At birth, a girl in Indre-et-Loire can expect 86.1 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Huismes · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Francois Rabelais
3.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Francois Rabelais
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Huismes is rich in protected monuments: 40 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
6historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 29% of the total. Among the classé monuments in Huismes is Église paroissiale Saint-Maurice ainsi que le passage couvert qui relie l'église au logis dit du Doyenné et le jardin de l'ancien presbytère situé au lieu-dit le Bourg. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
45.8median age
Huismes has a median age of 45.8 years. Nearly a third of adults hold a degree, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (34%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 23% of residents are 65 or older.
HuismesIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Huismes is a commune of 1,498 people in the Communauté de communes Chinon, Vienne et Loire. 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
1,498 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Chinon, Vienne et Loire
Département
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
9.2 sq mi (23.7 km²)
INSEE code
37118
Huismes’ 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 Huismes
Is Huismes safe?
Huismes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Huismes expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Huismes grades A 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.
