Carpentras grades D overall: better than 11% of compared French towns, and #33 of 38 in Vaucluse. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 16.7% unemployment. At the median price of €2,074/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE).
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 Carpentras 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 Carpentras.
Safety
Carpentras has more crime per resident than 85% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Carpentras (2025). The town has 14,250 jobs for 11,500 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Recorded offenses in the town came to 1,002 in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 9.6 violent offenses and 22.3 graded property crimes a year.
9.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage473
Other physical violence130
Family violence122
Theft from vehicles89
Burglary87
Sexual violence55
Vehicle theft46
Drug use318
Theft without violence247
Fraud224
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.
9.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,002
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.1% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
26 historic monuments, 11 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Carpentras is Arc romain dans l'enceinte du Palais de Justice. The town has 8.2 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Vaucluse’s towns (5.3) and compared French towns (2.5). The protected list starts in the 1st century. Homes built before 1919 account for 13% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Carpentras has higher unemployment than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 16.7%
Half of residents lived on more than €20,730 a year per consumption unit, below both Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Carpentras didn’t travel to work at all. 14.0% of Carpentras’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 81% drove.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot8%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
14,250
jobs based in Carpentras, 1.2 per working resident
16.7%
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
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Carpentras has a higher adjusted death rate than 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Carpentras has 18 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Carpentras records 95 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Vaucluse’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 3,066 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 3,212, 5% more. Women in Vaucluse live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
18
GPs in Carpentras · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
1.2 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Carpentras than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.54/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Carpentras goes for €2,500/m², an apartment for €1,667/m². 975 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,074/m². Among the homes sold, 55% were houses.
€2,074/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Carpentras€2,074/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,500/m²
532
Apartments
€1,667/m²
443
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.06 to €13.79/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Carpentras are under 15, more than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, below both Vaucluse’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Carpentras are older than 43.5. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town.
43.5median age
CarpentrasVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Arc romain dans l'enceinte du Palais de Justice: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Église Saint-Siffrein, ou ancienne cathédrale: Photo: phileole · CC BY 2.0 · Collège de garçons: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Ancien couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain
Édouard Daladier: Henri Manuel, Public domain · Éric Caritoux: The original uploader was Rob.twis at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yoann Court: Superjuju10, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arthur Géa: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Alibert: Henri Manuel, Public domain · Eugène Guérin: unknown - 1890, Public domain
Carpentras’ 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 Carpentras
Is Carpentras safe?
It grades C− for safety, #35 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 87 burglaries and 473 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Carpentras good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #19 of 36 in Vaucluse. The lycée stands out: 100% of 160 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marie Pila in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Carpentras expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,074/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Carpentras grades C+ for cost of living.
About Carpentras
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Carpentras is a commune of 31,619 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE). 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.
