Is Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil a good place to live?
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil’s grades pull in different directions. With a B− overall, Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil sits #34 of 91 in Essonne. Set against the rest, it does better than 49% of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil 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 Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil.
HousingCost of living D−
The middle sale price in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil: €3,224/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.62/m² a month, close to Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €16.15/m² a month. Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 72% were houses.
€3,224/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil€3,224/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Essonne median€3,237/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,224/m²
206
Apartments
€3,224/m²
80
€17.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.01 to €20.68/m² a month)
9.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.15/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 B+
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil is better off than Essonne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €33,450 a year per consumption unit
17.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Essonne’s towns (25.8%) but above compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil: 1,250, for 3,300 residents in work (0.4 each). The unemployment rate comes to 8.3%.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport14%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,250
jobs based in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil, 0.4 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€33,450
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 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil run lower than in 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil. Its care home for older people (73 places) counts its residents as Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil’s; allowing for it, deaths were 23% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 533 residents of Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil died, against 612 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. Average lifespans in Essonne: 86.4 years for women, 82.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Nouveau Sud Francilien
1.8 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil is église Saint-Vincent-Saint-Germain. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 2% of the total, lower than both Essonne’s towns (3.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil than in Essonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 46% of adults
People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. Children under 15 make up 20%, close to Essonne’s towns (20%) and above compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for a fifth of residents.
41.5median age
Saint-Germain-lès-CorbeilEssonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education46%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
Less crime per resident in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil than in 51% of compared French towns
In 2025, 190 offenses were recorded in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil. Violence against people averaged 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.7. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage52
Family violence36
Other physical violence28
Vehicle theft27
Burglary24
Sexual violence12
Theft from vehicles11
Fraud63
Theft without violence40
Drug use23
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.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
190
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil
Is Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil safe?
It grades B− for safety, #31 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil good?
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns and #30 of 94 in Essonne. 98% of 171 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Saint-Léon in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil grades D− for cost of living.
About Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil is a commune of 7,469 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
7,469 (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.
