A town of contrasts. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 17.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Households here earn well: 3.9 jobs per working resident; 10.0% unemployment. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 72% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a B− overall and a rank of #23 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine. Set against the rest, it does better than 48% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Puteaux 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 Puteaux.
HousingCost of living D−
Renting in Puteaux costs more than in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €27.50/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €7,111/m², comes from 1,503 sales of houses and apartments in Puteaux from July 2023 to June 2026. In Puteaux, houses go for €8,906/m² and apartments for €7,093/m². Houses made up 4% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€7,111/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Puteaux€7,111/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hauts-de-Seine median€5,891/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€8,906/m²
56
Apartments
€7,093/m²
1,447
€27.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€21.61 to €34.99/m² a month)
17.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€20.44/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
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Puteaux is easier to get around on foot than 100% of compared French towns
The median disposable income was €35,160 a year per consumption unit, near Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (€35,370) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried just over half of working residents in Puteaux to work at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 10.0%.
72%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport51%
Driving21%
On foot17%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter4%
91,500
jobs based in Puteaux, 3.9 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€35,160
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
Who lives here
Few people in Puteaux are 15 to 24: 10%, fewer than in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents. 16% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (18%). Graduates make up 63% of adults.
37.8median age
PuteauxHauts-de-Seine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP10%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education63%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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
Safety
Puteaux sees more crime per resident than three in four compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 1,181 offenses in Puteaux. This Hauts-de-Seine town has 91,500 jobs for 23,250 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Violence against people ran at 10.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.5 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
10.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage442
Other physical violence189
Sexual violence145
Family violence142
Theft from vehicles127
Burglary69
Vehicle theft67
Theft without violence2,315
Drug use572
Fraud391
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.
10.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,181
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
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth B+
Puteaux records 82 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 73 in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Hauts-de-Seine: 87.6 years for women and 83.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,864 deaths in Puteaux from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,471, 14% fewer. The town has 34 family doctors.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
34
GPs in Puteaux · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Foch
1.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Foch
87.6 · 83.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hauts-de-Seine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3.2% of homes were built before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Puteaux is Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Pitié. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
91.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the 77 collèges within 5 km, 2.8 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Puteaux, 94.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (93.2%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #7 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
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Puteaux’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 Puteaux
Is Puteaux safe?
It grades C for safety, #29 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 69 burglaries and 442 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Puteaux good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #7 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine. 93% of 246 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Agora 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 Puteaux expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €7,111/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Puteaux grades D− for cost of living.
About Puteaux
Commune in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France
Puteaux is a commune of 44,002 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.
