Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C+): 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Boiscommun 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 Boiscommun 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 Boiscommun.
HealthHealth D
Boiscommun loses more people than its age profile suggests, 111 per 100 expected, above Loiret’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 104 deaths in Boiscommun from 2016 to 2025; there were 115, 11% more. Women in Loiret live to 85.4 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises locally. The nearest emergency department to Boiscommun is Centre hospitalier, 10.8 mi away.
+11%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted111
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Boiscommun · 1.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
18.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Boiscommun costs less than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.13/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,452/m², below Loiret’s towns (€1,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The market in Boiscommun: 47 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 96% were houses.
€1,452/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Boiscommun€1,452/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loiret median€1,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,500/m²
45
€9.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.58 to €11.00/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pithiverais-Gâtinais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Boiscommun than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: 5.1%
The median disposable income was €22,660 a year per consumption unit, below Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Unemployment runs at 11.2%. No commute at all: 3.4% of working residents in Boiscommun at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Boiscommun, 0.4 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Boiscommun: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Boiscommun: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Église Notre-Dame. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Boiscommun than in Loiret’s towns or across compared French towns: 15% of adults
18% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Loiret’s towns (18%). Half the people of Boiscommun are older than 43.5. Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.
43.5median age
BoiscommunLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Boiscommun
Is Boiscommun safe?
Boiscommun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 13.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Boiscommun expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Boiscommun grades A for cost of living.
About Boiscommun
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Boiscommun is a commune of 1,151 people in the Communauté de communes du Pithiverais-Gâtinais. 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.
