Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Althen-des-Paluds has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Althen-des-Paluds 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 Althen-des-Paluds.
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Althen-des-Paluds than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.68/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,948/m²: 73 houses and apartments sold in Althen-des-Paluds between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.04/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 63% were houses.
€2,948/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Althen-des-Paluds€2,948/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,226/m²
46
€13.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.27 to €16.60/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération des Sorgues du Comtat
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Althen-des-Paluds has a higher adjusted death rate than 85% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Althen-des-Paluds can choose among 2 GPs. Adjusted for age and care homes, Althen-des-Paluds records 104 deaths per 100 expected, above Vaucluse’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88) alike. 255 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 245: 4% above. Life expectancy at birth in Vaucluse is 85.7 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Althen-des-Paluds · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 19th century. 14% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Vaucluse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Althen-des-Paluds has lower unemployment than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 7.9%
Half of residents lived on more than €27,110 a year per consumption unit, above Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Per resident in work, Althen-des-Paluds counts 0.5 jobs (650 jobs, 1,400 workers). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.3% of commuters at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Bicycle2%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Althen-des-Paluds, 0.5 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,110
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Althen-des-Paluds
Is Althen-des-Paluds safe?
Althen-des-Paluds has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Althen-des-Paluds good?
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns and #12 of 36 in Vaucluse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Althen-des-Paluds expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,948/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Althen-des-Paluds grades D for cost of living.
About Althen-des-Paluds
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Althen-des-Paluds is a commune of 2,960 people in the Communauté d'agglomération des Sorgues du Comtat. 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.
