Pourrain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pourrain.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Pourrain has lower unemployment than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%
The median disposable income was €27,000 a year per consumption unit, higher than Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Pourrain counts 0.4 jobs (200 jobs, 550 workers). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.6% of commuters at the census.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Pourrain, 0.4 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 10% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
A typical home in Pourrain sells for €1,229/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.83/m² a month, near Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 97% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €7.71/m² a month.
€1,229/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pourrain€1,229/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,191/m²
38
€9.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.95 to €12.16/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Pourrain are 15 to 24: 7.1%, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns
Graduates make up 28% of adults. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, near Yonne’s towns (28%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
50.7median age
PourrainYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Pourrain keeps more of its old housing than Yonne or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Pourrain: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Chapelle Saint-Baudel. The protected list starts in the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Pourrain has a higher adjusted death rate than 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Yonne can expect 84.2 years and a boy 78.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 208 residents of Pourrain died, against 167 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more. Its care home for older people (57 places) counts its residents as Pourrain’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Pourrain is Ch Auxerre, 7.6 mi away.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Pourrain · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Auxerre
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Auxerre
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pourrain
Is Pourrain safe?
Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Pourrain expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pourrain grades A− for cost of living.
About Pourrain
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pourrain is a commune of 1,270 people in the Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre. 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.
