Some subjects shine; others lag. Safety is its weak spot (C−) — an average of 9.6 recorded violent incidents and 20.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With a C− overall, Le Pont-de-Claix is better than just over a fifth of compared French towns and ranks #76 of 96 in Isère. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 30% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,811/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole.
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 Le Pont-de-Claix 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.
Vieux pont sur le Drac (également sur commune de Claix): Photo: Milky · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Pont-de-Claix.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Le Pont-de-Claix gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in both Isère’s towns and compared French towns: 29.6% of commuters
30%walk, cycle or take transit
5,800 jobs are based in Le Pont-de-Claix, for 4,550 working residents (1.3 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €22,530 a year per consumption unit, below both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 13.5%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
Public transport18%
On foot6%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter0%
5,800
jobs based in Le Pont-de-Claix, 1.3 per working resident
13.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Le Pont-de-Claix records more crime per resident than 82% of compared French towns
9.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Le Pont-de-Claix’s tally for 2025: 322 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage117
Family violence45
Theft from vehicles44
Other physical violence37
Vehicle theft36
Burglary30
Sexual violence13
Fraud78
Drug use69
Theft without violence66
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.
9.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
322
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
81.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the 13 collèges within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate
94%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Le Pont-de-Claix, 90.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #78 of 102 in Isère on results. At the four general lycées, 94% of 924 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A young town: 13% of people in Le Pont-de-Claix are 15 to 24, more than in both Isère’s towns and compared French towns
38.7median age
Under 15: 19% of residents. 18% of residents are 65 or over, below Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Ages in Le Pont-de-Claix split evenly at 38.7: half are older, half younger.
Le Pont-de-ClaixIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
Le Pont-de-Claix has 1 historic monument, 1 classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Pont-de-Claix is Vieux pont sur le Drac (également sur commune de Claix). Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 1.4% of the total, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
For cost of living, Le Pont-de-Claix gets a B−
€1,811/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
354 sales of houses and apartments in Le Pont-de-Claix, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,811/m². In Le Pont-de-Claix, houses go for €3,214/m² and apartments for €1,739/m². Only one of the 110 towns in Isère costs less to buy into than Le Pont-de-Claix, whose median sale is €1,811/m².
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Pont-de-Claix€1,811/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,214/m²
47
Apartments
€1,739/m²
307
€13.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.08 to €15.32/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,600
median annual income per consumption unit, Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Le Pont-de-Claix run lower 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 889 residents of Le Pont-de-Claix died, against 955 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. Its care home for older people (62 places) counts its residents as Le Pont-de-Claix’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Le Pont-de-Claix · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique des Cedres
1.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique des Cedres
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Le Pont-de-Claix is a commune of 10,956 people in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. 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
10,956 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.7 km²)
INSEE code
38317
Le Pont-de-Claix’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 Le Pont-de-Claix
Is Le Pont-de-Claix safe?
It grades C− for safety, #68 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 117 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Pont-de-Claix good?
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #78 of 102 in Isère. The lycée stands out: 95% of 419 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Marie Curie in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Pont-de-Claix expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,811/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.02/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Pont-de-Claix grades B− 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.
