The local economy does well: 2 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment. Issy-les-Moulineaux ranks #4 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine, with an A− overall. It comes out better than 76% of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 19 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Issy-les-Moulineaux 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Domaine du séminaire Saint-Sulpice · Classé · Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0
Issy-les-Moulineaux’s story
Issy-les-Moulineaux in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Issy-les-Moulineaux: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1929.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 3 people born in Issy-les-Moulineaux before 1900, the earliest Napoléon Mortier de Trévise, in 1804.
1929First protected: église Saint-Étienne
2011Most recently protected: Palais des Arts et des Congrès
Musée du quai Branly - Jacques-Chirac: Another one of my pictures: This photograph was taken by Medium69 (William Crochot) and released under the license stated below. You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit the author (William Crochot), the Source (Wikimedia Commons) and…, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
70.8% of commuters in Issy-les-Moulineaux go to work without a car, more than in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and across compared French towns
Per resident in work, Issy-les-Moulineaux counts 2 jobs (70,700 jobs, 36,000 workers). The median disposable income is €37,740 a year per consumption unit. 7.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
71%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport52%
Driving22%
On foot12%
Bicycle7%
Motorbike or scooter4%
70,700
jobs based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, 2 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€37,740
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 almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
A home in Issy-les-Moulineaux sells for €7,610/m², more than in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Issy-les-Moulineaux: €9,186/m² for houses, €7,557/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €27.87/m² a month, higher than both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (€24.55/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: of the homes sold, 6% were houses.
€7,610/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Issy-les-Moulineaux€7,610/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hauts-de-Seine median€5,891/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€9,186/m²
123
Apartments
€7,557/m²
1,912
€27.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€22.61 to €34.36/m² a month)
19
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€25.45/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole du Grand Paris
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Issy-les-Moulineaux run lower than in 90% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its five care homes for older people (447 places) count their residents as Issy-les-Moulineaux’s; allowing for them, deaths were 29% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 3,735 residents of Issy-les-Moulineaux died, against 4,787 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer. Women in Hauts-de-Seine live to 87.6 on average and men to 83.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 48 general practitioners in the town.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw78
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
48
GPs in Issy-les-Moulineaux · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Instruction des Armees Percy
1.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Maternite Sainte Felicite
87.6 · 83.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hauts-de-Seine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Issy-les-Moulineaux is a graduates’ town: 67% hold a degree, more than in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and across compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for 14% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, lower than Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (12%) yet higher than compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Issy-les-Moulineaux is 37.9.
37.9median age
Issy-les-MoulineauxHauts-de-Seine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP8%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education67%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hauts-de-Seine 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hauts-de-Seine median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
8 historic monuments in Issy-les-Moulineaux, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Issy-les-Moulineaux is Domaine du séminaire Saint-Sulpice. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. 3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (5.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Issy-les-Moulineaux has less crime per resident than 56% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Issy-les-Moulineaux was criminal damage (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.2. Over 2025, Issy-les-Moulineaux logged 1,275 recorded offenses.
6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage433
Burglary192
Family violence160
Other physical violence146
Vehicle theft125
Theft from vehicles110
Sexual violence109
Theft without violence922
Fraud522
Drug use226
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.
6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,275
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
89.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the 69 collèges within 5 km, 4.1 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Issy-les-Moulineaux is 94.9%, above both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 82% passed the bac pro, of 1,508 candidates at 18 lycées. Its schools’ results rank #9 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Issy-les-Moulineaux: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level).
Stéphanie Foretz: NAPARAZZI, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Saïd Haddou: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Corinne Bouchoux: FDR - François de Rugy, CC BY 2.0 · Christelle Diallo: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0
Issy-les-Moulineaux’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 Issy-les-Moulineaux
Is Issy-les-Moulineaux safe?
It grades B for safety, #8 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 192 burglaries and 433 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Issy-les-Moulineaux good?
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #9 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine. 93% of 85 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Salle - Saint-Nicolas (Lycée des métiers) in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Issy-les-Moulineaux expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Issy-les-Moulineaux grades D− for cost of living.
About Issy-les-Moulineaux
Commune in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France
Issy-les-Moulineaux is a commune of 67,669 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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
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.
