Bias’s strongest subject is safety: an average of 3.3 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. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. What counts against it is jobs & income: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 13.9% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at A, #4 of 22 in Lot-et-Garonne. It comes out better than 88% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Bias 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 Bias.
Who lives here
Bias skews older, with 33% of residents 65 or over, more than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, near Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (23%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9%.
53.8median age
BiasLot-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Bias has higher unemployment than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 13.9%
At the census, 6.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,670 a year.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,250
jobs based in Bias, 1.2 per working resident
13.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,670
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 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Bias costs less than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.20/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,490/m², about level with Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€1,491/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house rents for an estimated €9.03/m² a month. Sales in Bias from July 2023 to June 2026: 105 houses and apartments.
€1,490/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bias€1,490/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot-et-Garonne median€1,491/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,490/m²
105
€9.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.26 to €11.66/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,030
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Bias sees fewer deaths than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 80 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Bias have one GP on hand. At birth, a girl in Lot-et-Garonne can expect 85.3 years and a boy 80.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 341 residents of Bias died, against 425 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bias · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Villeneuve Pole de Sante du Villeneuvois
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Villeneuve Pole de Sante du Villeneuvois
85.3 · 80.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments in Bias, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. 4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bias
Is Bias safe?
It grades A for safety, #2 of 22 in Lot-et-Garonne. With 1,250 jobs for 1,050 working residents, Bias draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Bias good?
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #4 of 18 in Lot-et-Garonne. The lycée stands out: 99% of 80 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Sainte-Catherine in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bias expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bias grades A− for cost of living.
About Bias
Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bias is a commune of 2,977 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois. 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.
