Lavaur grades A− overall: better than 82% of compared French towns, and #10 of 20 in Tarn. At the median price of €2,067/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Tarn-Agout. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% 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.
What makes Lavaur stand out
The 2 things Lavaur does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lavaur 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 Lavaur.
History
Old homes shape Lavaur: 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.
For Lavaur, that is above both Tarn’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Lavaur: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). For its size, Lavaur has 6.4 protected monuments per 10,000 residents.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
18.8% of commuters in Lavaur go to work without a car, more than in Tarn’s towns and compared French towns
Lavaur sits above both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Lavaur has 6,700 jobs for 4,300 working residents, 1.6 per worker.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot10%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
6,700
jobs based in Lavaur, 1.6 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Lavaur hold a degree than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 33%
That puts Lavaur above both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 28% of the town.
48.9median age
LavaurTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education33%
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Lavaur’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, 1,282 residents of Lavaur died, against 1,410 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (156 places) count their residents as Lavaur’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
10
GPs in Lavaur · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
0.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,067/m², comes from 385 sales of houses and apartments in Lavaur from July 2023 to June 2026. In Lavaur, houses go for €2,180/m² and apartments for €1,895/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.17/m² a month, above Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,067/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lavaur€2,067/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,180/m²
287
Apartments
€1,895/m²
98
€11.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.97 to €13.93/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.40/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,300
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Tarn-Agout
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lavaur has more crime per resident than 53% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 237 offenses in the graded categories in Lavaur in 2025.
9.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage77
Burglary52
Other physical violence32
Sexual violence29
Family violence24
Vehicle theft13
Theft from vehicles10
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence65
Fraud61
Drug use25
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.
9.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
237
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Église Saint-François, ancienne église du couvent des Cordeliers: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tour des Rondes: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Benjamin Thomas: Tim Rademacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Pierre Bel: User:AMRF, CC BY 2.0 · Léon Clergue: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon: After Antoine-Jean Gros, Public domain · Joël Jutge: Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Daniel François de Gélas de Lautrec: Jean Dassier, CC BY-SA 3.0
Lavaur’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 Lavaur
Is Lavaur safe?
It grades B− for safety, #15 of 20 in Tarn. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 52 burglaries and 77 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lavaur good?
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #6 of 23 in Tarn. The lycée stands out: 100% of 204 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Las Cases 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 Lavaur expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,067/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lavaur grades B for cost of living.
About Lavaur
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Lavaur is a commune of 10,965 people in the Communauté de communes Tarn-Agout. 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.
