Cucuron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (B): 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Cucuron 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 Cucuron.
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Cucuron cost more than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,825/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.67/m² a month, above both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 83% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 77 homes in Cucuron.
€3,825/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cucuron€3,825/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,000/m²
64
€13.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.08 to €16.87/m² a month)
9.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,020
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud Luberon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Cucuron skews older, with 35% of residents 65 or over, more than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns
The share of residents under 15 is 13%. 5.5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Vaucluse’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Also worth knowing: among adults, 37% have a degree.
56.1median age
CucuronVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Cucuron sees more deaths than 65% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (51 places) counts its residents as Cucuron’s; allowing for it, deaths were 6% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 319 residents of Cucuron died, against 288 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Average lifespans in Vaucluse: 85.7 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 2 family doctors.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Cucuron · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi site de Pertuis
6.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi site de Pertuis
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Cucuron: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Cucuron is Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-Beaulieu. This Vaucluse town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Cucuron has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.7 for each
Half of residents lived on more than €26,370 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140). At the census, 12.9% of working residents in Cucuron didn’t travel to work at all. The unemployment rate comes to 11.5%.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
550
jobs based in Cucuron, 0.7 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-Beaulieu: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison dite maison Générat ou maison des Consuls: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cucuron
Is Cucuron safe?
Cucuron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Cucuron expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cucuron grades D for cost of living.
About Cucuron
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cucuron is a commune of 1,885 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Luberon. 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.
