Strong in places, weak in others. Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, Sassenage earns a B−, better than 48% of compared French towns. That places it #52 of 96 in Isère. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1 job per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. It is easy to get around without a car: just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Sassenage 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.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sassenage.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Sassenage is easier to get around on foot than 89% of compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,910 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Sassenage number 5,250, against 5,350 residents in work (1 per worker). Unemployment stood at 6.7%, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
Public transport13%
Bicycle8%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,250
jobs based in Sassenage, 1 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,910
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 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Sassenage’s median home price is €2,939/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,434/m² in Sassenage, apartments for €2,504/m². Of the homes sold, 31% were houses. Sales locally from July 2023 to June 2026: 406 houses and apartments.
€2,939/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sassenage€2,939/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,434/m²
125
Apartments
€2,504/m²
281
€12.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.13 to €15.23/m² a month)
7.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.07/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
Schools
85.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the eight collèges within 5 km, 4.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Sassenage, 91.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #74 of 102 in Isère.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
6 historic monuments, 3 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Sassenage is Croix en pierre. Per 10,000 residents, Sassenage counts 5.2 protected monuments, above Isère’s towns (1.2) and compared French towns (2.5) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Sassenage ranks above 67% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Violence against people averaged 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 18.9. For 2025, the figures show 279 offenses in Sassenage. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
6.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage87
Theft from vehicles51
Family violence46
Vehicle theft38
Burglary34
Sexual violence13
Other physical violence10
Theft without violence121
Fraud105
Drug use24
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.
6.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
279
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.
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Sassenage sees fewer deaths than 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,001 deaths in Sassenage from 2016 to 2025; there were 922, 8% fewer. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Sassenage’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. This Isère town has 9 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Sassenage · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupe hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble
3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupe hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Degrees are more common in Sassenage than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 39% of adults
Children under 15 make up 17% of residents. At 44.2, the median resident of Sassenage sits in the middle of the age range. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, in line with Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%).
44.2median age
SassenageIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education39%
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%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sassenage
Is Sassenage safe?
It grades C for safety, #51 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 87 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sassenage good?
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #74 of 102 in Isère. 94% of 334 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Aristide Bergès 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 Sassenage expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.42/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sassenage grades C for cost of living.
About Sassenage
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sassenage is a commune of 11,646 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
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.
