Viviers-lès-Montagnes’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (D−): 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment. Homes change hands at a median €1,600/m².
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. Viviers-lès-Montagnes 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 Viviers-lès-Montagnes 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 Viviers-lès-Montagnes.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Viviers-lès-Montagnes is harder to get around on foot than 96% of compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €26,800 a year per consumption unit. 2.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.4%.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Viviers-lès-Montagnes, 0.2 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 4% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Viviers-lès-Montagnes is below 55% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Viviers-lès-Montagnes’ deaths ran at 86 per 100 expected, higher than Tarn’s towns (80) and near compared French towns (88). 131 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 152: 14% below. In Tarn, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Viviers-lès-Montagnes · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
4.1 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
Viviers-lès-Montagnes has fewer young adults than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24
Among adults, 33% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Tarn’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older.
44.2median age
Viviers-lès-MontagnesTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Viviers-lès-Montagnes
Is Viviers-lès-Montagnes safe?
Viviers-lès-Montagnes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 2.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Viviers-lès-Montagnes expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Viviers-lès-Montagnes grades A− for cost of living.
About Viviers-lès-Montagnes
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Viviers-lès-Montagnes is a commune of 2,008 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.
