Choisey’s best grade is for cost of living (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for jobs & income. It has 800 jobs for 450 working residents.
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. Choisey 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 Choisey 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 Choisey.
HealthHealth C−
Choisey has a higher adjusted death rate than 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Choisey. Adjusted mortality here: 98 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 103 residents of Choisey died, against 105 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. At birth, a girl in Jura can expect 85.1 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Choisey · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Louis Pasteur Dole
2.1 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
More people in Choisey are out of work than in Jura’s towns or across compared French towns: 11.6%
Just over one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income was €26,310 a year per consumption unit, above Jura’s towns (€24,890) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Choisey didn’t travel to work at all.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
800
jobs based in Choisey, 1.9 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Choisey’s median home price is €1,720/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.27/m² a month, near Jura’s towns (€10.38/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.72/m² a month. Choisey recorded 49 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,720/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Choisey€1,720/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Jura median€1,658/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,729/m²
46
€10.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.06 to €13.10/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
15% are under 15, close to Jura’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 26% of residents are 65 or older. The middle age in Choisey is 50.7.
50.7median age
ChoiseyJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Choisey keeps more of its old housing than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Choisey: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Croix de chemin. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 3 of 4.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
87.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, 1.2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.6 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of Choisey, 93.7% passed the bac, close to both Jura’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Choisey
Is Choisey safe?
Choisey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 12.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Choisey good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns. 96% of 272 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jacques Duhamel in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Choisey expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Choisey grades B+ for cost of living.
About Choisey
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Choisey is a commune of 1,021 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dole. 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.
