Homes are affordable (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are a strength too (B+) — brevet results a point above the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Yzeures-sur-Creuse 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 Yzeures-sur-Creuse 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 Yzeures-sur-Creuse.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Yzeures-sur-Creuse than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.50/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €918/m², lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€2,465/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Yzeures-sur-Creuse recorded 52 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€918/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Yzeures-sur-Creuse€918/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€918/m²
52
€8.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.36 to €11.37/m² a month)
2.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 38% of people in Yzeures-sur-Creuse are 65 or over, more than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.3% of residents, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 12% of residents are under 15. Degrees are held by 13% of adults.
57.9median age
Yzeures-sur-CreuseIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education13%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Yzeures-sur-Creuse keeps more of its old housing than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Yzeures-sur-Creuse; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Yzeures-sur-Creuse sees 91 deaths per 100 expected, 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 Yzeures-sur-Creuse is Ch Chateauroux Antenne du Blanc, 13.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 177 residents of Yzeures-sur-Creuse died, against 195 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. In Indre-et-Loire, women can expect to live 86.1 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Indre-et-Loire town has one family doctor.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Yzeures-sur-Creuse · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chateauroux Antenne du Blanc
15.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Yzeures-sur-Creuse run lower than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns: a median €23,890 a year per consumption unit
11.5% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Yzeures-sur-Creuse didn’t travel to work at all. Walking, cycling and public transport carried one in ten commuters at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot7%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
350
jobs based in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, 0.7 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,890
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 50% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Yzeures-sur-Creuse
Is Yzeures-sur-Creuse safe?
Yzeures-sur-Creuse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Yzeures-sur-Creuse good?
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Yzeures-sur-Creuse expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Yzeures-sur-Creuse grades A+ for cost of living.
About Yzeures-sur-Creuse
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Yzeures-sur-Creuse is a commune of 1,348 people in the Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine. 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.
