One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Oyonnax’s overall grade, B, puts it better than 56% of compared French towns. It ranks #35 of 53 in Ain. At €1,557/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération. The catch is jobs & income: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 15.7% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and C+ for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Oyonnax 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 Oyonnax.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Oyonnax has higher unemployment than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 15.7%
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €20,260 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.1% of working residents in Oyonnax at the census.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot9%
Public transport4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
10,800
jobs based in Oyonnax, 1.3 per working resident
15.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
85.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 3.8 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Oyonnax, 91.5% passed the bac, below Ain’s towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 80% passed the bac pro, of 166 candidates at 2 lycées. School results put the town #21 of 54 in Ain.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Oyonnax than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: 19% of adults
Aged 15 to 24: 12% of residents. Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Ain’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Oyonnax: 41.1, the median.
41.1median age
OyonnaxAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma39%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Oyonnax: 1 historic monument, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 4.1% of the total. Among the classé monuments in Oyonnax is Usine électrique la Grande Vapeur, actuellement musée du Peigne. Protection here reaches back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Oyonnax records 90 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 82 in Ain’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,860 deaths in Oyonnax between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,926: 3% below. At birth, a girl in Ain can expect 85.9 years and a boy 82 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Oyonnax can choose among 11 GPs.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Oyonnax · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Haut Bugey Geovreisset
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Haut Bugey Geovreisset
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Less crime per resident in Oyonnax than in 53% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Oyonnax, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7 violent offenses and 13.7 graded property crimes a year. In all, 500 offenses reached the police record here in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Oyonnax (10,800 to 8,150): it draws people in from around.
7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage246
Family violence77
Other physical violence67
Burglary51
Sexual violence22
Theft from vehicles19
Vehicle theft18
Drug use199
Fraud130
Theft without violence110
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
500
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HousingCost of living B−
Oyonnax is graded a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,557/m²: 478 houses and apartments sold in Oyonnax between July 2023 and June 2026. Apartments in Oyonnax sell for €1,390/m², houses for €2,042/m². Of the homes sold, 39% were houses.
€1,557/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Oyonnax€1,557/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,042/m²
187
Apartments
€1,390/m²
291
€11.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.99 to €15.94/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.63/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,180
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération
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Oyonnax’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 Oyonnax
Is Oyonnax safe?
It grades B− for safety, #31 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 51 burglaries and 246 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Oyonnax good?
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #21 of 54 in Ain. The lycée stands out: 96% of 178 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Paul Painlevé in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Oyonnax expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,557/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.97/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Oyonnax grades B− for cost of living.
About Oyonnax
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Oyonnax is a commune of 22,480 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération. 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
22,480 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération
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