Morbier’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. At the median price of €2,466/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Arcade Communauté. Walkability is its weak spot — nearly a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Morbier 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 Morbier 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 Morbier.
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Morbier run below what its ages would predict: 72 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 143 residents of Morbier died, against 197 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. In Jura, women can expect to live 85.1 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises here.
−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw72
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Morbier · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur Morez Siege Ch Jura Sud
23.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Lons
85.1 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Jura, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Morbier is better off than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €35,960 a year per consumption unit
5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Jura’s towns (17.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 7.0% are unemployed.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
850
jobs based in Morbier, 0.7 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€35,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 20% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of Morbier, 93.5% passed the bac, in line with Jura’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Morbier are under 15, more than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, lower than both Jura’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.5% of residents. The median resident of Morbier is 41.1 years old.
41.1median age
MorbierJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Morbier costs more than in both Jura’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.13/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,923/m² in Morbier, apartments for €1,857/m². The median price, €2,466/m², comes from 87 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,466/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Morbier€2,466/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Jura median€1,658/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,923/m²
52
Apartments
€1,857/m²
35
€13.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.42 to €18.29/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Arcade Communauté
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Morbier
Is Morbier safe?
Morbier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Morbier good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns. 96% of 110 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Victor Bérard in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Morbier expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,466/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Morbier grades B for cost of living.
About Morbier
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Morbier is a commune of 2,456 people in the Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Arcade Communauté. 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
2,456 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haut-Jura Arcade Communauté
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.
