Rabastens grades A overall: better than 86% of compared French towns, and #6 of 20 in Tarn. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment. At the median price of €2,059/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Rabastens 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 Rabastens.
History
Old homes shape Rabastens: 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, Rabastens is above both Tarn’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Rabastens has 14 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2021.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Rabastens’ ages would predict, 75 per 100 expected, under Tarn’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Rabastens comes below both Tarn’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 611 residents of Rabastens died, against 683 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Rabastens · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
10 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
19.2% of commuters in Rabastens go to work without a car, more than in Tarn’s towns and compared French towns
For Rabastens, that is above both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €26,240 a year per consumption unit.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
Public transport10%
On foot5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,350
jobs based in Rabastens, 0.5 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 75% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Rabastens has less crime per resident than 72% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 88 offenses in the graded categories in Rabastens in 2025. For other physical violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 2.8% of the index here.
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage42
Family violence22
Burglary16
Sexual violence8
Fraud42
Drug use30
Theft without violence29
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
88
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Rabastens gets a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,059/m², comes from 162 sales of houses and apartments in Rabastens from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.06/m² a month, close to Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,059/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rabastens€2,059/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,083/m²
148
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.34 to €12.13/m² a month)
5.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet
Ernest Malric: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain · Gustave de Clausade: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain · Luce Boyals: Didier Descouens, Public domain · Émile Wandelmer: Julienmorvan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Rabastens’ 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 Rabastens
Is Rabastens safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #9 of 20 in Tarn. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rabastens good?
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #10 of 23 in Tarn. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rabastens expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,059/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rabastens grades B for cost of living.
About Rabastens
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Rabastens is a commune of 5,867 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.
