Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 10,767 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Bondoufle grades C overall: better than 26% of compared French towns, and #71 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.6 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Bondoufle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bondoufle 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bondoufle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye (ancienne), in Morsang-sur-Orge, 3.7 mi away.
0.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Bondoufle. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry4.1 km east, in Évry-CourcouronnesMuseumMuseumMusée Paul-Delouvrier4.1 km east, in Évry-CourcouronnesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois4.4 km northwest, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-BoisAttractionAttractionTombe de Rudolf Noureev2.9 km northwest, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-BoisChâteauChâteauChâteau Lot3.8 km northeast, in Ris-OrangisChâteauChâteauChâteau du domaine d'Orangis, dit Gomel3.9 km northeast, in Ris-OrangisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bondoufle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 359 sales of houses and apartments in Bondoufle from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,237/m² for the median of compared towns in Essonne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,906/m² | 226 |
| Apartments | €3,267/m² | 133 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 20.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Essonne’s towns (25.8%) but above compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €29,360 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Bondoufle below both Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles PéguyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 197 | 80%−7 pts |
| Lycée François TruffautNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 379 | 85%−5 pts |
| Collège Jean VilarBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 103 | 82%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 303 offenses in the graded categories in Bondoufle in 2025. Violence against people ran at 8.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 21.3 (2023–2025 average). 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, 0.5% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Bondoufle is above both Essonne’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 13% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bondoufle | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 605 residents of Bondoufle died, against 650 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. Its care home for older people (84 places) counts its residents as Bondoufle’s; allowing for it, deaths were 18% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bondoufle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bondoufle as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bondoufle | 10,767 | — | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Fleury-Mérogis | 13,721 | 1.9 | C− | D | C− | A |
| Lisses | 7,373 | 2.2 | C | D | C− | A+ |
| Le Plessis-Pâté | 4,154 | 2.2 | B | D | B | A− |
| Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois | 35,438 | 2.8 | C− | D | C− | A− |
| Grigny | 26,842 | 2.8 | D | B− | D | C− |
| Évry-Courcouronnes | 66,919 | 2.9 | D− | C− | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #79 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 94 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns and #87 of 94 in Essonne. 85% of 379 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François Truffaut in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €2,906/m² (226 sales), apartments €3,267/m² (133 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €17.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bondoufle grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Bondoufle is a commune of 10,767 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud Seine Essonne Sénart. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.