Beaumont-sur-Sarthe’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. The local economy is weaker than most (C): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 12.4% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,215/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Beaumont-sur-Sarthe has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Beaumont-sur-Sarthe 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe skews older, with 36% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
Among adults, 15% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 13%, below Sarthe’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.6% of residents.
54.1median age
Beaumont-sur-SartheSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma35%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe has higher unemployment than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 12.4%
Median disposable income comes to €23,110 a year per consumption unit. 16.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe didn’t travel to work at all.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot9%
Public transport5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
850
jobs based in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, 1.3 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,110
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 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Beaumont-sur-Sarthe do better than those of 86% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, 91.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above Sarthe’s towns (89.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11.7 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Beaumont-sur-Sarthe sees fewer deaths than 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (84 places) counts its residents as Beaumont-sur-Sarthe’s; allowing for it, deaths were 18% below expected. 456 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 466: 2% below. The nearest emergency department to Beaumont-sur-Sarthe is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers, 13.9 mi away. 4 GPs practise locally.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers
13.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe is lower than in 59% of compared French towns
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.5. The 2025 count: 27 offenses in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe. The town has 850 jobs for 650 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Family violence8
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Theft without violence9
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.
9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.9%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 20.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Nearby attractions
Château de Beaumont and 3 more in and around Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
Heritage in and near Beaumont-sur-Sarthe. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
Is Beaumont-sur-Sarthe safe?
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Beaumont-sur-Sarthe expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beaumont-sur-Sarthe grades A+ for cost of living.
About Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe is a commune of 1,972 people in the Communauté de communes Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. 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
1,972 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles
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.
