Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability: 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B for jobs & income. The median home sells for €1,714/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Dammarie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Dammarie 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 Dammarie.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Dammarie is better off than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €28,720 a year per consumption unit
4%walk, cycle or take transit
For its 700 residents in work, Dammarie has 150 jobs: 0.2 each. Unemployment stood at 6.5%, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.6% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Dammarie, 0.2 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
For cost of living, Dammarie gets a B+
€1,714/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.92/m² a month, about level with Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€11.49/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.16/m² a month. Sales in Dammarie from July 2023 to June 2026: 55 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Dammarie€1,714/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,698/m²
52
€10.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.75 to €12.24/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,850
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Dammarie are under 15, more than in both Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns
42.3median age
The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents. 31% of adults hold a degree, above Eure-et-Loir’s towns (21%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Half of Dammarie is older than 42.3, half younger.
DammarieEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Dammarie records 88 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 95 in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Dammarie. Life expectancy at birth in Eure-et-Loir is 84.7 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 94 residents of Dammarie died, against 107 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Dammarie · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Chartres Louis Pasteur le Coudray
5.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Chartres Louis Pasteur le Coudray
84.7 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure-et-Loir, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Dammarie is a commune of 1,505 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole. 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
1,505 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
12.7 sq mi (32.8 km²)
INSEE code
28122
Dammarie’s 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 Dammarie
Is Dammarie safe?
Dammarie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Dammarie expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dammarie grades B+ for cost of living.
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.