Pont-d'Ain grades D overall: better than 14% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Pont-d'Ain 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 Pont-d'Ain.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Pont-d'Ain sees more deaths than Ain’s towns or compared French towns: 110 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Ain: 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 419 deaths in Pont-d'Ain between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 293: 43% above. There are 9 general practitioners here.
+10%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw143
Adjusted110
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Pont-d'Ain · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive D Amberieu
5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive D Amberieu
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Pont-d'Ain records more crime per resident than 90% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Pont-d'Ain was criminal damage (2025). The police record for Pont-d'Ain lists 73 offenses in 2025. No compared town in Ain has more graded crime per resident than Pont-d'Ain: it ranks last of 53. Violence against people ran at 6.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 28.3 (2023–2025 average).
6.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage32
Family violence16
Theft from vehicles12
Vehicle theft8
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
Theft without violence16
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.
6.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
28.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
73
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.6%
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 other physical violence and sexual violence, 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, 2.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Pont-d'Ain costs less than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.15/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,949/m², below both Ain’s towns (€2,641/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €9.54/m² a month. The sales split: 77% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,949/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pont-d'Ain€1,949/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,136/m²
75
€10.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.85 to €13.14/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,270
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Pont-d'Ain: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Ain’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century. Pont-d'Ain has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Pont-d'Ain than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: 24% of adults
19% are under 15, lower than Ain’s towns (20%) yet higher than compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town. The middle age in Pont-d'Ain is 41.8.
41.8median age
Pont-d'AinAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
The median disposable income in Pont-d'Ain is €24,920 a year per consumption unit, against €27,670 in Ain’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
Jobs based in Pont-d'Ain number 1,400, against 1,250 residents in work (1.1 per worker). One in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Also worth knowing: of those in the labour force, 10.2% are unemployed.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport5%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,400
jobs based in Pont-d'Ain, 1.1 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,920
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pont-d'Ain
Is Pont-d'Ain safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Pont-d'Ain good?
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #50 of 54 in Ain. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pont-d'Ain expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pont-d'Ain grades B+ for cost of living.
About Pont-d'Ain
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pont-d'Ain is a commune of 2,843 people in the Communauté de communes Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon. 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
2,843 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon
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.
