Thilouze’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (C): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for jobs & income. It skews young: only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
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). Thilouze 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.
What makes Thilouze stand out
The 2 things Thilouze does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thilouze 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 Thilouze.
Who lives here
A town of families: 21% of people in Thilouze are under 15, more than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). At 39.5, the median resident of Thilouze sits in the middle of the age range. Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
39.5median age
ThilouzeIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Thilouze, 5.9%, runs below Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
3.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 200 jobs are based in Thilouze, for 950 working residents (0.2 per worker). The median disposable income is €26,430 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Thilouze, 0.2 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 27% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Thilouze than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.57/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,082/m², lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€2,465/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €9.01/m² a month. Thilouze recorded 42 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,082/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Thilouze€2,082/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,082/m²
42
€10.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.99 to €12.43/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,550
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Touraine Vallée de l'Indre
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Thilouze keeps more of its old housing than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Thilouze is Ensemble du château du Grand-Châtelet. On the Culture ministry’s list, Thilouze counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Thilouze records 88 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 79 in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Thilouze is Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci, 8.8 mi away. 87 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 99: 12% below. Life expectancy in Indre-et-Loire: 86.1 years for women and 81 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Thilouze have one GP on hand.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Thilouze · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci
8.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Thilouze
Is Thilouze safe?
Thilouze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Thilouze expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Thilouze grades B+ for cost of living.
About Thilouze
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Thilouze is a commune of 1,815 people in the Communauté de communes Touraine Vallée de l'Indre. 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.
