Fewer journeys need a car (B+): 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 11.7 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Bouray-sur-Juine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bouray-sur-Juine 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.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Renting in Bouray-sur-Juine costs an estimated advertised €15.84/m² a month, against €17.41/m² in Essonne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €2,745/m², below Essonne’s towns (€3,237/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Bouray-sur-Juine recorded 67 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 79% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,745/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bouray-sur-Juine€2,745/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Essonne median€3,237/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,771/m²
53
€15.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.48 to €18.61/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Entre Juine et Renarde (CCEJR)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Bouray-sur-Juine do less well than those of 65% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 84% of 132 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Just over four in five candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Bouray-sur-Juine, near Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). At the general lycée, 99% of 118 candidates passed the bac, 2 points above the expected rate.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Bouray-sur-Juine is a graduates’ town: 42% hold a degree, more than in Essonne’s towns and across compared French towns
17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Essonne’s towns (20%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of the population.
44.1median age
Bouray-sur-JuineEssonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education42%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Bouray-sur-Juine keeps more of its old housing than Essonne’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Bouray-sur-Juine has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Château du Mesnil-Voisin (également sur communes de Janville-sur-Juine et Lardy). The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Bouray-sur-Juine sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 79 in Essonne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Essonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 165 deaths in Bouray-sur-Juine from 2016 to 2025; there were 141, 15% fewer. There is one general practitioner here.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bouray-sur-Juine · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
5.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
86.4 · 82.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Essonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bouray-sur-Juine
Is Bouray-sur-Juine safe?
Bouray-sur-Juine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Bouray-sur-Juine good?
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bouray-sur-Juine expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bouray-sur-Juine grades C for cost of living.
About Bouray-sur-Juine
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Bouray-sur-Juine is a commune of 2,108 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Juine et Renarde (CCEJR). 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
2,108 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Entre Juine et Renarde (CCEJR)
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.
