Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. With a C overall, Le Coudray-Montceaux is better than 34% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #59 of 91 in Essonne. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1 job per working resident; 9.5% unemployment. Fewer journeys need a car: 77% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety and B for health.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Le Coudray-Montceaux 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 Le Coudray-Montceaux.
HousingCost of living D
The estimated advertised rent in Le Coudray-Montceaux is €16.01/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.
The median sale price was €2,941/m², below Essonne’s towns (€3,237/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Le Coudray-Montceaux from July 2023 to June 2026: 142 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €14.77/m² a month.
€2,941/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Coudray-Montceaux€2,941/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Essonne median€3,237/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,955/m²
71
Apartments
€2,931/m²
71
€16.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.00 to €18.31/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,410
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud Seine Essonne Sénart
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
For walkability, Le Coudray-Montceaux ranks above 85% of compared French towns
Le Coudray-Montceaux holds 2,300 jobs; 2,250 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. Nearly a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, between Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €29,580 a year.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
Public transport14%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
2,300
jobs based in Le Coudray-Montceaux, 1 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,580
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 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
77.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 72% passed the bac pro, of 99 candidates at 2 lycées. School results put the town #70 of 94 in Essonne. Also worth knowing: the closest collège is 2.2 mi off.
95%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
A younger town: only 17% of residents are 65 or over
People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town, near Essonne’s towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 20% of the population here. 37% of adults hold a degree.
39.6median age
Le Coudray-MontceauxEssonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Le Coudray-Montceaux records 85 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 79 in Essonne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Le Coudray-Montceaux. Life expectancy in Essonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 398 residents of Le Coudray-Montceaux died, against 386 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Le Coudray-Montceaux · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Sud Francilien Ch Louise Michel
4.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nouveau Sud Francilien
86.4 · 82.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Essonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Per resident, Le Coudray-Montceaux sees more crime than 57% of compared French towns
Violence against people averaged 5.9 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 17. Police and gendarmerie recorded 87 offenses in Le Coudray-Montceaux in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
5.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Burglary13
Vehicle theft13
Family violence11
Other physical violence11
Theft from vehicles11
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence34
Fraud26
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.
5.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
87
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.9%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Coudray-Montceaux
Is Le Coudray-Montceaux safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #40 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Coudray-Montceaux good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #70 of 94 in Essonne. 94% of 335 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marie Laurencin in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Coudray-Montceaux expensive to live in?
By type: houses €2,955/m² (71 sales), apartments €2,931/m² (71 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Coudray-Montceaux grades D for cost of living.
About Le Coudray-Montceaux
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Le Coudray-Montceaux is a commune of 4,801 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
Population
4,801 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud Seine Essonne Sénart
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.
