Cost of living is its strong suit: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car (A−): 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 13.6% unemployment. Over-65s are 28% of the population.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux 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-Paul-Cap-de-Joux 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux has higher unemployment than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 13.6%
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,520 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 6.1% of working residents in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 5.7% of working residents in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
Public transport6%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux, 0.5 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux, fewer than in Tarn’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, near Tarn’s towns (27%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). At 50.8, the median resident of Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux sits in the middle of the age range. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of residents.
50.8median age
Saint-Paul-Cap-de-JouxTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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
History
Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux keeps more of its old housing than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century. Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux run lower than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux has 2 family doctors. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux records 87 deaths per 100 expected. 103 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 118: 13% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux is Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud, 8.9 mi away.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
8.9 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
Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7. All told, Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux had 9 recorded offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
4.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage9
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Drug use0
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.
4.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
75.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 75.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux
Is Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux safe?
Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
About Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux is a commune of 1,054 people in the Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'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
Population
1,054 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout
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.
