Vayrac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vayrac 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 Vayrac.
Who lives here
Vayrac skews older, with 39% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 11% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 6.9%, below both Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults.
58.1median age
VayracLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vayrac than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.08/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,323/m², below both Lot’s towns (€1,564/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Vayrac from July 2023 to June 2026: 53 houses and apartments.
€1,323/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vayrac€1,323/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,323/m²
53
€8.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.27 to €10.41/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer commuters in Vayrac walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 10.7%
600 jobs are based in Vayrac, for 450 working residents (1.4 per worker). 12.1% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Lot’s towns (12.8%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 5.2% of working residents locally at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot8%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
600
jobs based in Vayrac, 1.4 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Vayrac sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Lot’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Lot, women can expect to live 85.1 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 365 deaths in Vayrac between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 298: 23% above. The nearest emergency department to Vayrac is Centre hospitalier Saint Cere Hop Proximite, 11.1 mi away. 2 GPs practise locally.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Vayrac · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Cere Hop Proximite
17 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Dubois Brive
85.1 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vayrac
Is Vayrac safe?
Vayrac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Vayrac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vayrac grades A for cost of living.
About Vayrac
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Vayrac is a commune of 1,266 people in the Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. 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
1,266 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
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.
