Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
10,291 people call this town in Essonne, Île-de-France home.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Taken together, its subjects give Villebon-sur-Yvette a B overall, better than nearly three fifths of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #19 of 91 in Essonne. Work and incomes are strong: 1.8 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment. The catch is cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The 3 things Villebon-sur-Yvette does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villebon-sur-Yvette 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 Villebon-sur-Yvette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Immeuble dit Temple de la Gloire, in Orsay, 1.4 mi away.
2.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Villebon-sur-Yvette. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du Hurepoix1.6 km northeast, in Palaiseau
MuseumMus’X2 km northwest, in PalaiseauGardenGardenParc botanique de Launay4.2 km west, in Bures-sur-YvetteChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vilgénis3.9 km north, in MassyAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Louis-du-Temple de Vauhallan3.8 km northwest, in VauhallanPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villebon-sur-Yvette.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 4 general practitioners in Villebon-sur-Yvette. At birth, a girl in Essonne can expect 86.4 years and a boy 82.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 655 residents of Villebon-sur-Yvette died, against 850 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 28.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 7.6%, below both Essonne’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €18.28/m² a month, near Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house in Villebon-sur-Yvette goes for €3,908/m², an apartment for €3,260/m². Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 299 homes here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,908/m² | 149 |
| Apartments | €3,260/m² | 150 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.2 violent offenses and 23.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In 2025, 285 offenses were recorded in Villebon-sur-Yvette. Jobs outnumber working residents in Villebon-sur-Yvette (8,750 to 4,900): it draws people in from around. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Villebon-sur-Yvette, 94.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Essonne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For exam results, it comes #23 of 94 in Essonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules VerneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 142 | 82%−10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Henri PoincaréNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 149 | 98%+3 pts |
| Lycée Institution Saint Vincent de Paul PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 95 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The share of residents under 15 is 16%. 13% of the population is aged 15 to 24, near Essonne’s towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 20% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Villebon-sur-Yvette | Essonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 52% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Essonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Villebon-sur-Yvette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Villebon-sur-Yvette.
Bernard Stiegler: Berkeley Center for New Media, CC BY-SA 2.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villebon-sur-Yvette | 10,291 | — | B | D | C− | A+ |
| Palaiseau | 37,471 | 1.1 | B | D | C+ | A− |
| Villejust | 2,558 | 1.5 | C | D | C | C+ |
| Orsay | 16,498 | 1.9 | B | D | C | A |
| Saulx-les-Chartreux | 6,733 | 2.1 | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Champlan | 2,615 | 2.1 | C+ | D | C− | A |
| Igny | 10,833 | 2.5 | B− | D− | C+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #81 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 36 burglaries and 84 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #23 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 98% of 149 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Henri Poincaré in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villebon-sur-Yvette grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Villebon-sur-Yvette is a commune of 10,291 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Communauté Paris-Saclay. 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 November 4, 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.
