Monestiés has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Monestiés 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 Monestiés.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Monestiés: 36% are 65 or over, above Tarn’s towns and compared French towns
13% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 6.7%, below both Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Residents of Monestiés have a median age of 56.7.
56.7median age
MonestiésTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Monestiés than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.56/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,538/m²: 40 houses and apartments sold in Monestiés between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.17/m² a month. Houses were 98% of what sold.
€1,538/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Monestiés€1,538/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,547/m²
39
€8.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.99 to €10.47/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Carmausin-Ségala
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Monestiés has lower unemployment than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8%
Monestiés holds 250 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. The census found 7.5% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The median disposable income was €24,370 a year per consumption unit, about level with Tarn’s towns (€24,045) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Monestiés, 0.6 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
89.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2.2 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away. Near Monestiés, 92.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Tarn’s towns (95.3%). At the general lycée, 97% of 143 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Monestiés is above 69% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Monestiés is Clinique Claude Bernard Ctre Medico Chirurgical Obstetrical, 10 mi away. Its two care homes for older people (103 places) count their residents as Monestiés’; allowing for them, deaths were 5% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 422 residents of Monestiés died, against 310 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% more. Life expectancy in Tarn: 86.5 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw136
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Monestiés · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Claude Bernard Ctre Medico Chirurgical Obstetrical
10 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
More protected monuments for its size in Monestiés than in Tarn or compared French towns: 36 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Monestiés counts 5 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Menhir dénommé la Croix de Salvetat. Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up a quarter of the total, above both Tarn’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Menhir dénommé la Croix de Salvetat: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Saint-Hippolyte: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Lagrasse près de la porte fortifiée: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Hippolyte: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Monestiés
Is Monestiés safe?
Monestiés has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 3.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Monestiés good?
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Monestiés expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,538/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Monestiés grades A− for cost of living.
About Monestiés
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Monestiés is a commune of 1,381 people in the Communauté de communes Carmausin-Ségala. 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.
