Ris-Orangis grades D− overall: better than 4% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. At the median price of €2,177/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud Seine Essonne Sénart. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% 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 Ris-Orangis 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 Ris-Orangis.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Incomes in Ris-Orangis run lower than in Essonne’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €22,170 a year per consumption unit
Bus, tram or train carried a third of working residents in Ris-Orangis to work at the census. Unemployment stands at 10.3%. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Ris-Orangis didn’t travel to work at all.
39%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving56%
Public transport34%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
7,200
jobs based in Ris-Orangis, 0.6 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,170
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 98% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
78.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the 26 collèges within 5 km, 1.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Ris-Orangis, 86.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #83 of 94 in Essonne on results.
91%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
For cost of living, Ris-Orangis gets a C−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €17.42/m² a month, about level with Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €2,177/m²: 679 houses and apartments sold in Ris-Orangis between July 2023 and June 2026. A house in Ris-Orangis goes for €3,179/m², an apartment for €2,000/m².
€2,177/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ris-Orangis€2,177/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Essonne median€3,237/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,179/m²
166
Apartments
€2,000/m²
513
€17.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.91 to €20.34/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.89/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
Safety
Ris-Orangis records more crime per resident than 78% of compared French towns
Violence against people ran at 9.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 19 (2023–2025 average). The police record for Ris-Orangis lists 947 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
9.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage306
Family violence170
Theft from vehicles125
Other physical violence112
Burglary100
Vehicle theft97
Sexual violence37
Drug use205
Theft without violence188
Fraud166
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.
9.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
947
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 · 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in Ris-Orangis, 93 per 100, but more than in Essonne’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,966 residents of Ris-Orangis died, against 1,938 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. At birth, a girl in Essonne can expect 86.4 years and a boy 82.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 11 family doctors.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Ris-Orangis · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique du Mousseau
1 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
Ris-Orangis has 2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Essonne’s towns (3.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century.
Sébastien Haller: Miensah02, CC BY 4.0 · Edmond Delfour: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Sarah Michel: Jérémy Kergourlay, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chris Gadi: mustapha_ennaimi, CC BY 2.0 · Sophia Aram: Christophe Le Glatin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Daniel Riolo: ZACK, CC BY 3.0
Ris-Orangis’ 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 Ris-Orangis
Is Ris-Orangis safe?
It grades C− for safety, #72 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 100 burglaries and 306 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ris-Orangis good?
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #83 of 94 in Essonne. 65% of 55 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pierre Mendès France in 2025, 16 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ris-Orangis expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,177/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ris-Orangis grades C− for cost of living.
About Ris-Orangis
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Ris-Orangis is a commune of 31,189 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
31,189 (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.
