Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 18.7% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,308/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux has higher unemployment than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 18.7%
The median disposable income is €20,730 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 2.3% of working residents in Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux, 0.3 per working resident
18.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux run lower than in 65% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux records 83 deaths per 100 expected, about level with Tarn’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). 248 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 299: 17% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux is Clinique Claude Bernard Ctre Medico Chirurgical Obstetrical, 8.5 mi away. In Tarn, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Claude Bernard Ctre Medico Chirurgical Obstetrical
8.6 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
Fewer people in Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux hold a degree than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 13%
Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Tarn’s towns (9.2%). 16% of residents are children under 15.
49.9median age
Saint-Benoît-de-CarmauxTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education13%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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
Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux keeps more of its old housing than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 20th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
20th c.
oldest protected part
2016
first monument protected
✓
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux
Is Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux safe?
Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux 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 Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux is a commune of 2,056 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.