Burlats has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 22% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,634/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Sidobre Vals et Plateaux. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Burlats 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 Burlats.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Burlats is harder to get around on foot than 98% of compared French towns
2.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Burlats has 300 jobs for 850 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Unemployment stands at 12.1%.
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving95%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Burlats, 0.4 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 2% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Burlats sees fewer deaths than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 71 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Burlats, that is below both Tarn’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 123 residents of Burlats died, against 174 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw71
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Burlats · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Sidobre
5.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
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 A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Burlats than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.08/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Burlats below both Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,634/m², comes from 56 sales of houses and apartments in Burlats from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,634/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Burlats€1,634/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,647/m²
55
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.17 to €11.51/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sidobre Vals et Plateaux
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Burlats: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Burlats is above both Tarn’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Burlats: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Burlats is Ancien prieuré.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Burlats
Is Burlats safe?
Burlats has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Burlats good?
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns. 96% of 444 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Borde Basse in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Burlats expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,634/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Burlats grades A− for cost of living.
About Burlats
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Burlats is a commune of 1,998 people in the Communauté de communes Sidobre Vals et Plateaux. 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.
