Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
8,432 people call this town in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France home.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Homes go for a median €5,393/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Vaucresson has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vaucresson 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.
Vaucresson has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The 2 things Vaucresson does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vaucresson: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2017.
Vaucresson has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vaucresson.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Vaucresson, houses go for €7,807/m² and apartments for €4,854/m². A house rents for an estimated €23.73/m² a month. Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 311 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €7,807/m² | 83 |
| Apartments | €4,854/m² | 228 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 6 general practitioners in Vaucresson. 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 979 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 658, 33% fewer.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
7.5% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 37.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, between Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (64.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Vaucresson is Villa Stein. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 20th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 9.1% of the total, higher 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
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, near Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (12%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Typical age in Vaucresson: 45.7, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hauts-de-Seine 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Vaucresson | Hauts-de-Seine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 29% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 11% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 7.1% | 10% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 12% | 13% | 18% |
| Higher education | 71% | 63% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hauts-de-Seine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #8 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Yves du ManoirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 68 | 93%−4 pts |
| Lycée P. Suger PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 57 | 100%+3 pts |
| Collège Henri DunantBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 46 | 98%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 20.2. Police and gendarmerie recorded 173 offenses in Vaucresson in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 26.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Vaucresson. Best known first.
AttractionPetit Trianon4.9 km southwest, in Versailles
MuseumManufacture nationale de Sèvres4.7 km east, in Sèvres
AttractionHameau de la Reine4.4 km southwest, in Versailles
MuseumMusée départemental Albert-Kahn4.9 km east, in Boulogne-Billancourt
MuseumMusée Lambinet4.3 km southwest, in Versailles
AttractionGrande Écurie4.9 km southwest, in VersaillesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
5 notable people were born in Vaucresson.
Jean Ferrat: Guy Thomas & Marie-Thérèse Grappe & Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yves du Manoir: Agence Rol, Public domain
Commune in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France
Vaucresson is a commune of 8,432 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaucresson | 8,432 | — | — | D− | — | A+ |
| La Celle-Saint-Cloud Yvelines | 20,460 | 1.2 | B | D | C | A |
| Garches | 17,743 | 1.2 | B+ | D− | B− | A |
| Ville-d'Avray | 11,089 | 1.6 | — | D− | — | A |
| Bougival Yvelines | 9,134 | 1.9 | B | D | C | A |
| Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt Yvelines | 30,689 | 2 | A | D− | B+ | A |
| Saint-Cloud | 29,855 | 2.4 | B | D− | C | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vaucresson has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 90 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #8 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine. The lycée stands out: 100% of 57 candidates passed the bac at Lycée P. Suger in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vaucresson grades D− for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.