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Tito: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Potenza, Basilicata. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via San Vito 2, Tito.

Tito, a hill village and its lower town next to Potenza

Tito borders Potenza on its south-western side and in many ways belongs to the city's urban area. It has two very different centres: the old village on the hill, more than six hundred metres up, and Tito Scalo, which grew up lower down along the railway and the road to Potenza and holds one of the largest industrial areas around.

Many residents work in Potenza, and which half of the municipality you choose changes a lot. In Tito Scalo homes sit close to industrial buildings, busy roads and the railway; in the village buildings are older, streets steep and winters harsher. Tito Scalo is also an old industrial site with land under clean-up, so if you are looking near the former plants, ask the town council how the work is progressing.

There are 7,053 residents (2023), down 1.7% since 2011, a modest loss for Basilicata, where many towns are emptying faster. Tito is also young compared with its province: an average age of 43.8 against 47.3, with over-65s at 19.6% against 25.7%. Foreign residents make up 5.0%, and declared incomes are just below the provincial average.

Here earthquakes come first. Tito is in seismic zone 1, the highest class set by the Civil Protection Department, like 39 other municipalities in the province of Potenza, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.247 g. For any house, ask for the year of construction, the structural design, the inspection certificate and any later work: a recent, well-documented building is worth more than a large house with no paperwork.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces the land parcel from the address. Landslides on the slopes and flooding along streams differ a great deal between the village and Tito Scalo, and are checked for the individual address.

Key points

  • Hill village plus Tito Scalo, an industrial area next to Potenza.
  • Average age 43.8, against 47.3 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 1, the highest: acceleration about 0.247 g.
  • Population down 1.7% since 2011.

Overview

Tito is a municipality in the province of Potenza, in Basilicata. At the end of 2023 it had 7,053 residents, among the most populous in the province (8 of 100).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Tito is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 1b. Only 40 of 100 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.247 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Tito, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 1.7%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Tito declared an average taxable income of 19,795 euros, in line with the province (20,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Tito is in climate zone D, with 2,091 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 650 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Tito has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 4 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.7 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (1.3).

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 8.2% of the land in Tito, compared with 3.5% in the province and 3.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Tito. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Tito: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Tito are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 57 inhabited census areas in Tito. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.8%
  • fair 95.2%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 076089. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.