Gorron 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 2.9 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 Gorron 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 Gorron.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Gorron costs less than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.72/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Gorron below both Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,001/m², comes from 114 sales of houses and apartments in Gorron from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,001/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gorron€1,001/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,023/m²
111
€7.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.90 to €10.11/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Bocage Mayennais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Gorron skews older, with 41% of residents 65 or over, more than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns
On this, Gorron is above both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 6.4% of residents.
60median age
GorronMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma36%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education13%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Money is tighter in Gorron than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,790 a year per consumption unit
In the comparison, Gorron comes below both Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 19.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Gorron has 2,050 jobs for 850 working residents, 2.5 per worker.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot16%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
2,050
jobs based in Gorron, 2.5 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Gorron runs lower than in 79% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 41 offenses in the graded categories in Gorron in 2025. Violence against people ran at 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.8 (2023–2025 average). For other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 18.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
7.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Family violence15
Sexual violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud20
Theft without violence11
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.
7.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
41
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
18.8%
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
HealthHealth B+
Gorron records 82 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 78 in Mayenne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 556 residents of Gorron died, against 569 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. Its care home for older people (103 places) counts its residents as Gorron’s; allowing for it, deaths were 18% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Gorron · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
12 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Gorron: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Gorron, that is above both Mayenne’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Gorron: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Gorron is Menhir de la Roche.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gorron
Is Gorron expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,001/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gorron grades A+ for cost of living.
About Gorron
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Gorron is a commune of 2,440 people in the Communauté de communes du Bocage Mayennais. 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.
