Le Vauclin has no overall grade because cost of living isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 15.6% unemployment. Its strongest is schools (B): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Le Vauclin 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 Le Vauclin.
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Le Vauclin, 95 per 100, but more than in Martinique’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Le Vauclin sits above compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 930 residents of Le Vauclin died, against 980 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Le Vauclin · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chum de Martinique
13.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Martinique site Mfme
85.1 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Martinique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24 and 28% are 65 or over, against 11% and 22% in the median compared French town. 22% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (France 30%).
52.7median age
Le VauclinFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Martinique has none of its own)
Safety
Le Vauclin has more crime per resident than 60% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 210 offenses in the graded categories in Le Vauclin in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.2% of the index here.
11.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary51
Criminal damage49
Family violence42
Other physical violence33
Sexual violence18
Vehicle theft9
Theft from vehicles8
Theft without violence44
Drug use43
Fraud26
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
11.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
210
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Le Vauclin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 0.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
16% of Le Vauclin’s labor force aged 15 to 64 is unemployed
12.7% of Le Vauclin’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 84% drove.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport8%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
1,550
jobs based in Le Vauclin, 0.5 per working resident
15.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
The median sale price of homes in Le Vauclin is €2,136/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 125 sales of houses and apartments in Le Vauclin from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and – for the median of compared towns in Martinique.
€2,136/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Vauclin€2,136/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,053/m²
115
€16.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.45 to €21.17/m² a month)
€18.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Vauclin
Is Le Vauclin safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #10 of 25 in Martinique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 51 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Vauclin good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #16 of 25 in Martinique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Le Vauclin
Commune in Martinique
Le Vauclin is a commune of 8,483 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Espace Sud de la Martinique. 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
8,483 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Espace Sud de la Martinique
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.
