Ballots has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 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 Ballots 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 Ballots.
HousingCost of living A
The median sale price of homes in Ballots is €1,403/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 46 sales of houses and apartments in Ballots from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,696/m² for the median of compared towns in Mayenne.
€1,403/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ballots€1,403/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,403/m²
46
€8.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.77 to €11.07/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Craon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Ballots keeps more of its old housing than Mayenne or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Ballots is above both Mayenne’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ballots, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Ballots than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.0%
In the comparison, Ballots comes below both Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 6.6% of the labour force are out of work. Ballots has 400 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in Ballots, 0.8 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 43% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Ballots is 16.9 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Ballots. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Ballots · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Laval
16.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Laval
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ballots
Is Ballots safe?
Ballots has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Ballots expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.66/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ballots grades A for cost of living.
About Ballots
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Ballots is a commune of 1,278 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Craon. 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.
