Puylaurens has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 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 Puylaurens 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 Puylaurens.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Puylaurens costs less than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.17/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Puylaurens below both Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,532/m², comes from 90 sales of houses and apartments in Puylaurens from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,532/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Puylaurens€1,532/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,550/m²
86
€9.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.48 to €11.24/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,240
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Sor et de l'Agout
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 27% of residents are 65 or over
9.3% 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%).
47.8median age
PuylaurensTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 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
History
Old homes shape Puylaurens: 28% 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, Puylaurens is above both Tarn’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Puylaurens, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
3historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit3
Prehistory
oldest protected part
2009
first monument protected
2006
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Puylaurens gets a C− for jobs & income
7.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €23,650 a year per consumption unit.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,000
jobs based in Puylaurens, 0.7 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,650
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 40% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Puylaurens sees 90 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, 473 residents of Puylaurens died, against 443 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. The nearest emergency department to Puylaurens is Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres, 12.4 mi away. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Puylaurens · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
12.4 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Puylaurens
Is Puylaurens safe?
Puylaurens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Puylaurens good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #15 of 23 in Tarn. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Puylaurens expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,532/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Puylaurens grades A for cost of living.
About Puylaurens
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Puylaurens is a commune of 3,257 people in the Communauté de communes du Sor et de l'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.
