Gaillac grades B overall: better than 60% of compared French towns, and #16 of 20 in Tarn. At the median price of €1,882/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% 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 Gaillac 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 Gaillac.
History
11 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2019
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Gaillac: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2019. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Gaillac are out of work than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.4%
For Gaillac, that is above both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €23,200 a year per consumption unit.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport6%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
6,900
jobs based in Gaillac, 1.2 per working resident
15.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 27% are 65 or over, against 9.2% and 27% in the median compared commune of Tarn. 30% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Tarn 27%, France 30%).
45.7median age
GaillacTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Gaillac has less crime per resident than 58% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 290 offenses in the graded categories in Gaillac 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, 0.3% of the index here.
8.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage103
Family violence50
Burglary41
Other physical violence38
Sexual violence28
Theft from vehicles17
Vehicle theft13
Fraud92
Theft without violence83
Drug use57
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.
8.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
290
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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
HousingCost of living B−
Gaillac gets a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,882/m², comes from 530 sales of houses and apartments in Gaillac from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Gaillac sell for €1,951/m² and apartments for €1,669/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.71/m² a month, close to Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,882/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gaillac€1,882/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,951/m²
412
Apartments
€1,669/m²
118
€10.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.79 to €13.04/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Gaillac sees 89 deaths per 100 expected, against 80 in Tarn’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,231 residents of Gaillac died, against 2,101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. Its three care homes for older people (399 places) count their residents as Gaillac’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
18
GPs in Gaillac · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Albi
12.2 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
Église Saint-Michel: Photo: Frozenn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ensemble immobilier dit de la « tour de Palmata »: Photo: PANDA 81 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison dite Pierre de Brens: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Olivier Monterrubio: User Kermaguer on Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/39839693@N04/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Firmin Salabert: Firmin Salabert, Public domain · Hippolyte Rigal: Henri Loubat, Public domain · Jean Antoine Édouard Fos de Laborde: Sandoz, Auguste (17..-1... ; dessinateur). Dessinateur, Public domain · Joseph Rigal: Pierre-Emmanuel Dèzes de Grèzes, Public domain
Gaillac’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 Gaillac
Is Gaillac safe?
It grades B for safety, #12 of 20 in Tarn. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 103 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gaillac good?
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #7 of 23 in Tarn. 97% of 323 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Victor Hugo in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gaillac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,882/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gaillac grades B− for cost of living.
About Gaillac
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Gaillac is a commune of 16,162 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet. 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.
