Yvoire’s best grade is for jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment. Housing is expensive (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B− for walkability. 18% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Yvoire 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 Yvoire 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.
Porte de Genève: Photo: Sido74500 · CC0 · Porte de Thonon: Photo: Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yvoire.
HousingCost of living D−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Yvoire than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or across compared French towns: €22.94/m² a month
€4,545/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €4,545/m², close to Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses were 84% of what sold. The market in Yvoire: 37 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Yvoire€4,545/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Savoie median€4,342/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,196/m²
31
€22.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€17.33 to €30.35/m² a month)
9.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€21.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€33,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Thonon Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Yvoire are 15 to 24: 7.6%, fewer than in both Haute-Savoie’s towns and compared French towns
42.1median age
14% of residents are 65 or over, below Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share of residents under 15 is 19%. Graduates make up nearly two in five adults.
YvoireHaute-Savoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
8%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Yvoire: 2 historic monuments, 2 classé
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Yvoire is Porte de Genève. The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. 9.1% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (4.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Yvoire run higher than in 51% of compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Yvoire records 88 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 54 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 48, 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Yvoire is Hopitaux du Leman, 7.2 mi away. Average lifespans in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Yvoire · 1.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux du Leman
7.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Leman
86.6 · 81.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Yvoire is a commune of 1,046 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Thonon 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
1,046 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Thonon Agglomération
Département
Haute-Savoie (74)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²)
INSEE code
74315
Yvoire’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 Yvoire
Is Yvoire safe?
Yvoire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 15.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Yvoire expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Yvoire grades D− 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.
