A town with more to fix than most. Crime is the sore point: an average of 11 recorded violent incidents and 20.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It is easy to get around without a car: just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,545/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, better than 20% of compared French towns. That places it #80 of 96 in Isère.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Bourgoin-Jallieu 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.
Mur de terrasse antique: Photo: Jean-Paul Corlin · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourgoin-Jallieu.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in Bourgoin-Jallieu, 13.8%, runs above Isère’s towns and compared French towns
23%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs located in Bourgoin-Jallieu: 19,050, for 12,550 residents in work (1.5 each). The median disposable income was €23,580 a year per consumption unit, below Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Bus, tram or train carried 12.3% of working residents in Bourgoin-Jallieu to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
Public transport12%
On foot8%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
19,050
jobs based in Bourgoin-Jallieu, 1.5 per working resident
13.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Bourgoin-Jallieu sits above 84% of compared French towns
11recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
In 2025, 1,007 offenses were recorded in Bourgoin-Jallieu. Police and gendarmerie recorded 1,007 offenses in the graded categories here in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage391
Other physical violence154
Family violence130
Theft from vehicles116
Burglary88
Sexual violence71
Vehicle theft57
Theft without violence367
Drug use209
Fraud198
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.
11
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,007
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C−
For cost of living, Bourgoin-Jallieu gets a C−
€2,545/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,545/m²: 1,084 houses and apartments sold in Bourgoin-Jallieu between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses sell for €2,779/m² here, apartments for €2,414/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €12.90/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bourgoin-Jallieu€2,545/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,779/m²
287
Apartments
€2,414/m²
797
€13.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.50 to €16.31/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,880
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Bourgoin-Jallieu, 94 per 100, but more than in Isère’s towns and across compared French towns
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,661 residents of Bourgoin-Jallieu died, against 2,585 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. In Isère, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Bourgoin-Jallieu can choose among 47 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
47
GPs in Bourgoin-Jallieu · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu
1.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Vincent de Paul Maternite
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bourgoin-Jallieu skews young, with 14% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in Isère’s towns and across compared French towns
37.9median age
19% are under 15, above both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. At 37.9, the median resident of Bourgoin-Jallieu sits in the middle of the age range.
Bourgoin-JallieuIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Bourgoin-Jallieu: 2 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Bourgoin-Jallieu is Mur de terrasse antique. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). 5.6% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
86.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 0.9 points above the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #44 of 102 in Isère on results. Near Bourgoin-Jallieu, 93.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, in line with Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
Frédéric Dard: Erling Mandelmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Brahim Asloum: Verdy2011, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kévin Monnet-Paquet: User Kermaguer on Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/39839693@N04/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Stéphane Stoecklin: Fédération française de handball, Public domain · Flo Ankah: Billy Cruz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Julien Bonnaire: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0
About Bourgoin-Jallieu
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourgoin-Jallieu is a commune of 30,151 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). 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
30,151 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI)
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
9.5 sq mi (24.6 km²)
INSEE code
38053
Bourgoin-Jallieu’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 Bourgoin-Jallieu
Is Bourgoin-Jallieu safe?
It grades C− for safety, #73 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 88 burglaries and 391 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bourgoin-Jallieu good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #44 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bourgoin-Jallieu expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,545/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.09/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bourgoin-Jallieu grades C− 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.
