Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,830 in Essonne, Île-de-France.
Villabé grades C overall: better than 29% of compared French towns, and #67 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% 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.
The one thing Villabé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villabé 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villabé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Corbeil-Essonnes, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Villabé. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry4.6 km northwest, in Évry-Courcouronnes
Theme parkWinnoland4.2 km east, in Saint-Pierre-du-PerrayCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Spire de Corbeil-Essonnes3.1 km northeast, in Corbeil-EssonnesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Spire de Corbeil3.1 km northeast, in Corbeil-EssonnesMuseumMuseumMusée Paul-Delouvrier4.6 km northwest, in Évry-CourcouronnesAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré hospitalier de Corbeil2.1 km northeast, in Corbeil-EssonnesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villabé.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,084/m², comes from 118 sales of houses and apartments in Villabé from July 2023 to June 2026. In Villabé, houses go for €3,172/m² and apartments for €2,858/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,172/m² | 82 |
| Apartments | €2,858/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
22.0% 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%). The median disposable income is €28,000 a year per consumption unit. Villabé has 2,950 jobs for 2,600 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Villabé above both Essonne’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (17%). 14% of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Villabé | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 205 offenses in the graded categories in Villabé in 2025. Violence against people ran at 9.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 25 (2023–2025 average). 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, 1.3% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Villabé is below both Essonne’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 219 residents of Villabé died, against 294 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Villabé comes below both Essonne’s towns (81.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La NacelleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 69%+1 pt |
| Lycée Robert DoisneauNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 585 | 95%+1 pt |
| Collège Le VillageBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 152 | 78%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Villabé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Villabé as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villabé | 5,830 | — | C | D | D | A− |
| Ormoy | 3,225 | 1 | B− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Corbeil-Essonnes | 54,471 | 1.2 | D− | D | D | C− |
| Saintry-sur-Seine | 5,882 | 1.7 | C+ | D | A− | B |
| Le Coudray-Montceaux | 4,801 | 2.1 | C | D | C+ | B |
| Lisses | 7,373 | 2.1 | C | D | C− | A+ |
| Mennecy | 16,433 | 2.1 | C+ | C− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #88 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #63 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 95% of 585 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Robert Doisneau in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,084/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villabé grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Villabé is a commune of 5,830 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.