Lardy grades B+ overall: better than 66% of compared French towns, and #13 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,045/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Entre Juine et Renarde (CCEJR). Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment.
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 Lardy 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 Lardy.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
36.8% of commuters in Lardy go to work without a car, more than in Essonne’s towns and compared French towns
That puts Lardy above both Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €32,110 a year per consumption unit.
37%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving59%
Public transport33%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,350
jobs based in Lardy, 0.9 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,110
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 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Lardy than in Essonne or compared French towns: 13 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Lardy is above both Essonne’s towns (1.3) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Lardy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.5% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Lardy’s ages would predict, 73 per 100 expected, under Essonne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Lardy comes below both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 319 residents of Lardy died, against 437 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw73
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Lardy · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
4.2 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
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lardy has more crime per resident than 53% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 138 offenses in the graded categories in Lardy 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, 2.8% of the index here.
7.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage31
Burglary23
Family violence21
Theft from vehicles20
Sexual violence18
Vehicle theft14
Other physical violence11
Theft without violence43
Fraud40
Drug use12
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.
7.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
138
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lardy
Is Lardy safe?
It grades B− for safety, #37 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lardy good?
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns and #72 of 94 in Essonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lardy expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,045/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,081/m² (129 sales), apartments €2,962/m² (42 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lardy grades C for cost of living.
About Lardy
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Lardy is a commune of 5,530 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
5,530 (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.
