Troyes grades D overall: better than 10% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 15.9 recorded violent incidents and 17.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,667/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 31% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Troyes 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 Troyes.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Troyes has higher unemployment than Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 20.5%
In the comparison, Troyes comes above both Aube’s towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Troyes has 33,250 jobs for 21,950 working residents, 1.5 per worker. 30.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
31%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving65%
On foot13%
Public transport12%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
33,250
jobs based in Troyes, 1.5 per working resident
20.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,210
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 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Troyes runs higher than in 88% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 2,157 offenses in the graded categories in Troyes in 2025. Troyes comes 18th of the 20 compared towns in Aube on the Safety Grade. 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, under 0.1% of the index here.
15.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage680
Family violence449
Other physical violence439
Theft from vehicles199
Sexual violence184
Burglary159
Vehicle theft47
Theft without violence857
Drug use409
Fraud349
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.
15.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
2,157
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1964, and 42 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 42 historic monuments in Troyes: 21 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 21 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1964. Per 10,000 residents, Troyes counts 6.8 protected monuments, close to Aube’s towns (4.6) and above compared French towns (2.5).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Troyes, 95 per 100, but more than in Aube’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Troyes sits above both Aube’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 6,042 residents of Troyes died, against 5,710 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
46
GPs in Troyes · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Troyes
1.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Troyes
84.2 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aube, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Troyes gets a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,667/m², comes from 2,977 sales of houses and apartments in Troyes from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Troyes sell for €1,945/m² and apartments for €1,606/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.11/m² a month, above Aube’s towns (€10.07/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,667/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Troyes€1,667/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aube median€1,721/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,945/m²
558
Apartments
€1,606/m²
2,419
€11.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.74 to €14.11/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,810
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole
Urbain IV: Sailko, CC BY 3.0 · Jean Tirole: Jérémy Barande, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rachi: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Édouard Herriot: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Djibril Sidibé: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Thibaut Ier de Navarre: http://www.provins.org/, Public domain
Troyes’ 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 Troyes
Is Troyes safe?
It grades D for safety, #18 of 20 in Aube. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 159 burglaries and 680 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Troyes good?
They grade D, better than 15% of compared French towns and #9 of 18 in Aube. 99% of 109 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-François de Sales in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Troyes expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,667/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Troyes grades B− for cost of living.
About Troyes
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Troyes is a commune of 62,088 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole. 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.
