Health is its strong suit: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too (C) — just over one in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Portieux 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 Portieux 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 Portieux.
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Portieux’s ages would predict, 75 per 100 expected, under Vosges’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 327 residents of Portieux died, against 269 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. The nearest emergency department to Portieux is Centre hospitalier Interco E Durkheim Plateau de la Justice, 12.3 mi away. In Vosges, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.2 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Portieux · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Interco E Durkheim Plateau de la Justice
12.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Interco E Durkheim Plateau de la Justice
84.2 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vosges, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Portieux than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults
Children under 15 make up 13%, below Vosges’ towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Ages in Portieux split evenly at 47.6: half are older, half younger. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town.
47.6median age
PortieuxVosges medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma37%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Only 7.3% of commuters in Portieux go to work without a car, fewer than in Vosges’ towns and across compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €23,700 a year per consumption unit, about level with Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 10.7%. No commute at all: 11.6% of working residents in Portieux at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Portieux, 0.5 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Portieux: 30% were built before 1919, more than in Vosges’ towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Portieux, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Portieux
Is Portieux safe?
Portieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Portieux good?
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Portieux
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Portieux is a commune of 1,224 people in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Épinal. 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.
