Yerres grades C+ overall: better than 42% of compared French towns, and #45 of 91 in Essonne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 45% 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 Yerres 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 Yerres.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Yerres gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Essonne’s towns or compared French towns: 44.7% of commuters
On this, Yerres is above both Essonne’s towns (25.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €31,440 a year per consumption unit. Yerres has 4,550 jobs for 12,550 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
45%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving50%
Public transport39%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
4,550
jobs based in Yerres, 0.4 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,440
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 95% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Yerres than in Essonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €18.85/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Yerres comes above both Essonne’s towns (€17.41/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,370/m², comes from 885 sales of houses and apartments in Yerres from July 2023 to June 2026. In Yerres, houses go for €3,843/m² and apartments for €2,947/m².
€3,370/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Yerres€3,370/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Essonne median€3,237/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,843/m²
389
Apartments
€2,947/m²
496
€18.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.94 to €22.29/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,820
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Val d'Yerres Val de Seine
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Yerres’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,163 residents of Yerres died, against 2,406 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. Its three care homes for older people (278 places) count their residents as Yerres’; allowing for them, deaths were 20% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw90
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
20
GPs in Yerres · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Val D Yerres
2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi Lucie et Raymond Aubrac Villeneuve St Georges
86.4 · 82.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Essonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
12% of residents are 15 to 24 and 20% are 65 or over, against 12% and 16% in the median compared commune of Essonne. 45% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Essonne 39%, France 30%).
41.7median age
YerresEssonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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
History
5 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Yerres: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). 3.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Yerres has less crime per resident than 58% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 520 offenses in the graded categories in Yerres in 2025. 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, 0.3% of the index here.
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage202
Family violence99
Burglary72
Other physical violence54
Vehicle theft48
Theft from vehicles25
Sexual violence20
Fraud182
Theft without violence146
Drug use44
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
520
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Château de la Grange: Photo: Yannig · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien château d'Yerres: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Propriété Caillebotte: Photo: Kelian8 · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Yerres
Is Yerres safe?
It grades B for safety, #25 of 91 in Essonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 72 burglaries and 202 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Yerres good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #68 of 94 in Essonne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 310 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Saint-Pierre 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.
Is Yerres expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,370/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Yerres grades D for cost of living.
About Yerres
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Yerres is a commune of 27,906 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Val d'Yerres Val de Seine. 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
27,906 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Val d'Yerres Val de Seine
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.
