Vernon grades D overall: better than 15% of compared French towns, and #35 of 39 in Eure. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 15.1% unemployment. At the median price of €2,622/m², a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (A): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 34% 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 Vernon 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 Vernon.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Vernon has higher unemployment than Eure’s towns or compared French towns: 15.1%
Vernon sits above both Eure’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €23,540 a year per consumption unit.
34%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving61%
Public transport21%
On foot10%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
10,650
jobs based in Vernon, 1.1 per working resident
15.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Vernon than in Eure’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.53/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Vernon above both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). No town in Eure costs more to buy into than Vernon, at €2,622/m², the highest of 39. The median price, €2,622/m², comes from 806 sales of houses and apartments in Vernon from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,622/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vernon€2,622/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure median€1,989/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,563/m²
365
Apartments
€2,682/m²
441
€13.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.16 to €16.39/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Vernon has more crime per resident than 69% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 666 offenses in the graded categories in Vernon 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, 0.1% of the index here.
10.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage241
Family violence105
Other physical violence104
Theft from vehicles60
Sexual violence59
Burglary55
Vehicle theft42
Drug use323
Theft without violence174
Fraud174
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.
10.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
666
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Vernon records 91 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 97 in Eure’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,627 residents of Vernon died, against 2,332 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. Its five care homes for older people (536 places) count their residents as Vernon’s; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
13
GPs in Vernon · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Vernon Ch Eure Seine
0.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Vernon Ch Eure Seine
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Église Notre-Dame, actuellement collégiale: Photo: Mattana · Public domain · Ancien château de Vernonnet, dit Château des Tourelles: Photo: Spedona ( Spedona ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois dite Maison du Temps Jadis: Photo: Delphine Ménard ( Notafish ) · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Tour des Archives: Photo: Original téléversé par Spedona sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Molla Wague: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tongo Hamed Doumbia: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marie Lebec: Jean-Luc Hauser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Baptiste Veistroffer: MFonzatti, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jacques Louis François de Tilly: Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, Public domain
Vernon’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 Vernon
Is Vernon safe?
It grades C for safety, #30 of 39 in Eure. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 55 burglaries and 241 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vernon good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #17 of 38 in Eure. 96% of 486 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Georges Dumézil in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vernon expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,622/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €2,563/m² (365 sales), apartments €2,682/m² (441 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vernon grades C− for cost of living.
About Vernon
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Vernon is a commune of 25,290 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération. 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
25,290 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Seine Normandie Agglomération
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.
