What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Taken together, its subjects give Joinville a B− overall, better than just over half of compared French towns. That places it #3 of 6 in Haute-Marne. Where it does best is cost of living (A+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Joinville 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 Joinville.
HousingCost of living A+
Homes in Joinville cost less than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €672/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €7.83/m² a month, lower than both Haute-Marne’s towns (€8.74/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €6.05/m² a month. Houses made up 89% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€672/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Joinville€672/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Marne median€1,048/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€668/m²
94
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.13 to €9.99/m² a month)
2.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.05/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,700
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Joinville is rich in protected monuments: 31 per 10,000 residents, more than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Joinville has 9 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level. Since 2009, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. Among the classé monuments locally is Chapelle Sainte-Anne, dans le cimetière.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D−
Joinville loses more people than its age profile suggests, 119 per 100 expected, above Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Haute-Marne live to 84.1 on average and men to 77.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 754 deaths in Joinville between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 464: 62% above. The nearest emergency department to Joinville is Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz, 16.9 mi away. There are 5 general practitioners locally.
+19%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw162
Adjusted119
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Joinville · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz
16.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz
84.1 · 77.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Joinville are out of work than in Haute-Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: 21.1%
1,600 jobs are based in Joinville, for 850 working residents (1.9 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €20,150 a year per consumption unit, below Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Also worth knowing: 25.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving67%
On foot16%
Public transport6%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,600
jobs based in Joinville, 1.9 per working resident
21.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Joinville runs higher than in 83% of compared French towns
Joinville comes 3rd of the 6 compared towns in Haute-Marne on the Safety Grade. 2025 saw 95 offenses recorded locally. Violence against people ran at 14.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.1 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Joinville (2025).
14.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage33
Other physical violence25
Family violence14
Theft from vehicles10
Sexual violence8
Burglary5
Theft without violence21
Drug use21
Fraud15
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.
14.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
95
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
An older town: 32% of people in Joinville are 65 or over, more than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 14%, near Haute-Marne’s towns (14%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 18% of adults.
52.2median age
JoinvilleHaute-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Joinville, 96.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Haute-Marne’s towns (93.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Its schools’ results rank #2 of 6 in Haute-Marne.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Château du Grand-Jardin et son parc: Photo: Aroche · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Urbanisme.joinville · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien couvent des Annonciades (ancien couvent des Bénédictines de Notre-Dame de Pitié): Photo: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Auditoire de Joinville: Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0
Charles de Lorraine: El Greco, Public domain · Charles Ier de Lorraine: Justus Sustermans, Public domain · Claude II de Lorraine: anonymous, Public domain · Catherine de Lorraine: Léonard Limousin, Public domain · Louis de Lorraine: École française du XVIe siècle, Public domain · Louis-Marie Caverot: Ji-Elle, Public domain
Joinville’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 Joinville
Is Joinville safe?
It grades C− for safety, #3 of 6 in Haute-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Joinville good?
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #2 of 6 in Haute-Marne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Joinville expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Joinville grades A+ for cost of living.
About Joinville
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Joinville is a commune of 2,915 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne. 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
2,915 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne
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.
