The picture is mixed. Grasse’s overall grade of C+ puts it better than 37% of compared French towns, #28 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. Prices are high against local incomes (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B− for schools, B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
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) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Grasse 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 Grasse.
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Grasse sell for €3,310/m² at the median, against €4,877/m² in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €16.19/m² a month, lower than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Grasse, houses go for €4,822/m² and apartments for €2,985/m². Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 2,279 houses and apartments.
€3,310/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Grasse€3,310/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€4,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,822/m²
566
Apartments
€2,985/m²
1,713
€16.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.33 to €21.25/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€18.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Grasse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
A walkable place: Grasse beats 80% of compared French towns on foot
11.3% of the labour force were unemployed, above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. For its 21,800 residents in work, Grasse has 21,250 jobs: 1 each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,100 a year.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot5%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Bicycle1%
21,250
jobs based in Grasse, 1 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1974, and 27 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Grasse is Cathédrale (ancienne). Per 10,000 residents, Grasse counts 5.3 protected monuments, above both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (2.3) and compared French towns (2.5). Since 1974, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Grasse run lower than in 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 4,947 deaths in Grasse from 2016 to 2025; there were 5,084, 3% more. Its nine care homes for older people (827 places) count their residents as Grasse’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. 73 GPs practise in the town. In Alpes-Maritimes, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.5 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
73
GPs in Grasse · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Grasse
2.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Grasse
86.5 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-Maritimes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Per resident, Grasse sees more crime than 54% of compared French towns
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 9.4 violent offenses and 12.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. 2025 saw 1,145 offenses recorded in Grasse. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
9.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage475
Family violence211
Other physical violence203
Vehicle theft87
Sexual violence81
Burglary53
Theft from vehicles35
Drug use501
Theft without violence345
Fraud342
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.
9.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,145
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, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
90.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 0.8 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #26 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. The bac pass rate near Grasse is 93.4%, near both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the three general lycées, 96% of 823 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Cathédrale (ancienne): Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palais épiscopal (ancien): Photo: Juliofsanguino · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison du peintre Fragonard ou Villa Fragonard: Photo: remi.mahel · Public domain · Hôtel Court de Fontmichel et ses dépendances: Photo: Copyleft · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jean-Honoré Fragonard: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Public domain · Eugénie Le Sommer: DOMINIQUE MALLEN, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Pierre-Louis Lions: Philippe Binant, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Michèle Mouton: Fabien Rochet, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Marguerite Gérard: François Dumont, Public domain · Charles Pasqua: Engelbert Reineke, CC BY-SA 3.0
Grasse’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 Grasse
Is Grasse safe?
It grades B− for safety, #26 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 53 burglaries and 475 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Grasse good?
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #26 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. 96% of 329 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Amiral de Grasse in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Grasse expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Grasse grades D for cost of living.
About Grasse
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Grasse is a commune of 50,970 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Grasse. 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.
