Some subjects shine; others lag. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 11.4 recorded violent incidents and 20.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also trails on schools (C−) — bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.4 points below the expected rate. At €1,741/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération. Fewer journeys need a car: 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at C, better than 33% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Mâcon 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 Mâcon.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
A walkable place: Mâcon beats 95% of compared French towns on foot
Households’ median disposable income: €21,200 a year per consumption unit. Just over a quarter of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 15.8%. For its 13,400 residents in work, Mâcon has 27,650 jobs: 2.1 each.
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot13%
Public transport8%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
27,650
jobs based in Mâcon, 2.1 per working resident
15.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Mâcon sits above 84% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Mâcon came to 1,104 in 2025. This Saône-et-Loire town comes 28th of the 29 compared towns in Saône-et-Loire on the Safety Grade. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
11.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage418
Family violence160
Other physical violence160
Theft from vehicles114
Burglary98
Sexual violence83
Vehicle theft71
Theft without violence361
Drug use247
Fraud211
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.
11.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,104
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Mâcon: 27 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For its size, Mâcon has 7.7 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2021. The protected list starts in Antiquity. Among the classé monuments locally is Pont Saint-Laurent, sur la Saône.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Mâcon than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 81.6%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
92.1% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Mâcon, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%). Ranked by results, schools here are #29 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. At the three general lycées, 95% of 847 candidates passed the bac, 1.3 points below the expected rate.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
The median home in Mâcon sells for €1,741/m², against €1,438/m² in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Mâcon sell for €1,603/m², houses for €2,370/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.74/m² a month, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.20/m² a month.
€1,741/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mâcon€1,741/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,370/m²
282
Apartments
€1,603/m²
1,020
€10.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.32 to €13.84/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Mâcon has a lower adjusted death rate than 62% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Mâcon can choose among 21 GPs. Its seven care homes for older people (726 places) count their residents as Mâcon’s; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. 3,739 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 3,710: 1% above. Women in Saône-et-Loire live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
21
GPs in Mâcon · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch les Chanaux Macon
0.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch les Chanaux Macon
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mâcon skews young, with 12% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. 22% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%). The median resident of Mâcon is 40.2 years old.
40.2median age
MâconSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Cathédrale Saint-Vincent (ancienne): Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Immeuble dit La maison de Bois: Photo: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hospice de la Charité: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Hôtel Senecé: Photo: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alphonse de Lamartine: Adrien Tournachon, Public domain · Antoine Griezmann: Biser Todorov ( User:Biso ) from Sofia, Bulgaria, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Alfred Lacroix: Agence Meurisse (domaine public, voir notice complète sur Gallica), Public domain · Claude-Louis Mathieu: D'après une photographie de Pierson, Public domain · Georges Lecomte: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Alain Digbeu: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mâcon’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mâcon
Is Mâcon safe?
It grades C− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 98 burglaries and 418 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mâcon good?
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #29 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. The lycée stands out: 100% of 136 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Frédéric Ozanam 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 Mâcon expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mâcon grades B for cost of living.
About Mâcon
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Mâcon is a commune of 35,177 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération. 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.
