Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on health (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools and C+ for jobs & income. The median home sells for €1,416/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Chaussin 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 Chaussin 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Chaussin: 32% are 65 or over, above Jura’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, between Jura’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 18% of adults.
49.7median age
ChaussinJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer commuters in Chaussin walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 10.2%
Per resident in work, Chaussin counts 0.9 jobs (550 jobs, 600 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €24,820 a year per consumption unit, about level with Jura’s towns (€24,890) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Chaussin didn’t travel to work at all.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
550
jobs based in Chaussin, 0.9 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Chaussin, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Jura’s towns and compared French towns: 80 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Chaussin can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Chaussin is Ch Louis Pasteur Dole, 8.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 295 residents of Chaussin died, against 297 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. In Jura, women can expect to live 85.1 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Chaussin · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Louis Pasteur Dole
9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Louis Pasteur Dole
85.1 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Jura, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chaussin
Is Chaussin safe?
Chaussin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Chaussin good?
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chaussin expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chaussin grades A for cost of living.
About Chaussin
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chaussin is a commune of 1,606 people in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine Jurassienne. 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.