Draveil grades C+ overall: better than 41% of compared French towns, and #48 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 39% 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 Draveil 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 Draveil.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
More commuters in Draveil walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Essonne’s towns or compared French towns: 39.4%
For Draveil, that is above both Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Draveil has 7,150 jobs for 12,650 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,120 a year per consumption unit.
39%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving56%
Public transport33%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
7,150
jobs based in Draveil, 0.6 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,120
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
HousingCost of living D
The median sale price of homes in Draveil is €3,368/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 745 sales of houses and apartments in Draveil 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.
€3,368/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Draveil€3,368/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Essonne median€3,237/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,648/m²
445
Apartments
€2,848/m²
300
€17.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.37 to €20.85/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.26/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,820
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Val d'Yerres Val de Seine
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Draveil’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 91% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Draveil records 70 deaths per 100 expected, below both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 2,206 residents of Draveil died, against 2,820 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw78
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Draveil · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Juvisy Sur Orge
2.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique de L Essonne
86.4 · 82.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Essonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
12% of residents are 15 to 24 and 19% are 65 or over, against 12% and 16% in the median compared commune of Essonne. 37% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Essonne 39%, France 30%).
41.1median age
DraveilEssonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Draveil has more crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 741 offenses in the graded categories in Draveil in 2025. 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, 0.2% of the index here.
7.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage232
Family violence114
Burglary106
Other physical violence87
Theft from vehicles76
Vehicle theft71
Sexual violence55
Fraud238
Theft without violence190
Drug use62
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.
7.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
741
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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
History
1 historic monument and a protected historic area since 1997
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Draveil, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1997. 4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
16th c.
oldest protected part
1949
first monument protected
1997
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Frédéric Vasseur: Original: Race Service for Ferrari Spa / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frédéric-Pierre Vos: TrisHR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bertrand Betsch: VincenteVega, CC BY-SA 3.0
Draveil’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 Draveil
Is Draveil safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 106 burglaries and 232 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Draveil good?
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #60 of 94 in Essonne. 85% of 432 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marcel Pagnol in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Draveil expensive to live in?
By type: houses €3,648/m² (445 sales), apartments €2,848/m² (300 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €17.90/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Draveil grades D for cost of living.
About Draveil
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Draveil is a commune of 30,098 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Val d'Yerres Val de Seine. 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
30,098 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Val d'Yerres Val de Seine
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.
