Homes are affordable (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes. The median price paid is €817/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Usson-du-Poitou 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 Usson-du-Poitou 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: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Usson-du-Poitou: 39% are 65 or over, above Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
57.5median age
Children under 15 make up 12% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.7% of the town, below Vienne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 17% of adults.
Usson-du-PoitouVienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Usson-du-Poitou is 19 mi from the nearest emergency department
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Usson-du-Poitou can choose among 4 GPs. Its care home for older people (100 places) counts its residents as Usson-du-Poitou’s; allowing for it, deaths were 17% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 269 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 327, 22% more. Life expectancy in Vienne: 85.8 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Usson-du-Poitou · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
19 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site de Montmorillon
20.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu la Miletrie
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Usson-du-Poitou keeps more of its old housing than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Usson-du-Poitou is Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul. On the Culture ministry’s list, Usson-du-Poitou counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Usson-du-Poitou run lower than in both Vienne’s towns and compared French towns: a median €22,860 a year per consumption unit
8%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs located in Usson-du-Poitou: 400, for 400 residents in work (1 each). At the census, 8.5% of commuters got to work without a car. A tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
400
jobs based in Usson-du-Poitou, 1 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
Usson-du-Poitou is a commune of 1,217 people in the Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe. 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
1,217 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe
Département
Vienne (86)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
28.1 sq mi (72.7 km²)
INSEE code
86276
Usson-du-Poitou’s 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 Usson-du-Poitou
Is Usson-du-Poitou safe?
Usson-du-Poitou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Usson-du-Poitou expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Usson-du-Poitou grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
