Albi grades B overall: better than 59% of compared French towns, and #17 of 20 in Tarn. Its weakest subject is safety (C): an average of 9.2 recorded violent incidents and 17 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,197/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A). Its strongest is walkability (A): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Albi 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 Albi.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Albi has higher unemployment than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 15.1%
In the comparison, Albi comes above both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Albi has 32,500 jobs for 18,150 working residents, 1.8 per worker. 24.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot10%
Bicycle8%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
32,500
jobs based in Albi, 1.8 per working resident
15.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,240
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 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1968, and 37 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 37 historic monuments in Albi: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 29 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1968.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Albi has more crime per resident than 70% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 1,314 offenses in the graded categories in Albi 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, 0.1% of the index here.
9.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage582
Burglary185
Other physical violence175
Family violence152
Sexual violence103
Theft from vehicles83
Vehicle theft34
Drug use529
Theft without violence493
Fraud235
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.
9.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,314
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
Who lives here
A young town: 16% of people in Albi are 15 to 24, more than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns
For Albi, that is above both Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 13% of the population.
46median age
AlbiTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
16%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Albi’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 6,547 residents of Albi died, against 7,184 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. Its 10 care homes for older people (842 places) count their residents as Albi’s; allowing for them, deaths were 18% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% 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
Raw91
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
56
GPs in Albi · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Albi
0.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Albi
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Albi gets a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,197/m², comes from 1,968 sales of houses and apartments in Albi from July 2023 to June 2026. In Albi, houses go for €2,047/m² and apartments for €2,379/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.23/m² a month, above Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,197/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Albi€2,197/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,047/m²
1,088
Apartments
€2,379/m²
880
€11.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.12 to €13.83/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,370
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A)
Vieux pont: Photo: Jimidelyon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Salvy et son cloître: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile: Photo: ByacC · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison des Viguiers, dite hôtel Reynès ou maison Guise: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Paul Sescau, Public domain · Pierre Benoit: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Lilian Calmejane: René Hourdry, CC BY-SA 4.0 · François Sudre: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Claude Onesta: Steindy 08:36, 17 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stéphane Poulhiès: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0
Albi’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 Albi
Is Albi safe?
It grades C for safety, #16 of 20 in Tarn. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 185 burglaries and 582 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Albi good?
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #8 of 23 in Tarn. The lycée stands out: 97% of 364 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Rascol 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 Albi expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,197/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Albi grades C+ for cost of living.
About Albi
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Albi is a commune of 51,290 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A). 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.
