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A town of 1,521 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vernioz has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,805/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 3.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vernioz 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Vernioz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Aiguille (pyramide de la Spina du cirque), in Vienne, 6.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vernioz.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 70 residents of Vernioz died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. 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. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
The median disposable income is €30,330 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Vernioz didn’t travel to work at all. 5.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 91% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,805/m², comes from 35 sales of houses and apartments in Vernioz from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €11.46/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.67/m² a month, close to both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,805/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% of residents are children under 15. Degrees are held by 38% of adults, above Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those 65 and older account for a fifth of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vernioz | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Among the graded crimes in Vernioz, the most frequent was burglary (2025). Recorded offenses here came to 8 in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4 (2023–2025 average).
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 75.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Vernioz is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Vernioz as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernioz | 1,521 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Roussillon | 8,595 | 5.7 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Saint-Clair-du-Rhône | 3,778 | 5.9 | A− | C+ | A− | A |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil | 6,889 | 6.1 | C | C+ | C+ | B |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon | 6,718 | 6.1 | C− | B− | D− | B− |
| Ampuis Rhône | 2,769 | 6.1 | A− | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Estrablin | 3,677 | 6.6 | B+ | C | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vernioz has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,805/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vernioz grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vernioz is a commune of 1,521 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. 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
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 October 30, 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.