Vizille’s lowest grade is for safety: an average of 11.2 recorded violent incidents and 21 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Vizille a C+ overall, better than just over two fifths of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #63 of 96 in Isère. Fewer journeys need a car: 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,146/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: 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 Vizille 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vizille.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Vizille is easier to get around on foot than 88% of compared French towns
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly a fifth of commuters travelled at the census. Per resident in work, Vizille counts 0.7 jobs (2,350 jobs, 3,200 workers). The median disposable income is €25,240 a year per consumption unit.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot9%
Public transport7%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,350
jobs based in Vizille, 0.7 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% 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, Vizille sits above 86% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Vizille, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 219 offenses locally.
11.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage71
Theft from vehicles41
Family violence30
Other physical violence28
Burglary19
Sexual violence18
Vehicle theft12
Armed robbery0
Fraud59
Theft without violence34
Drug use19
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.
11.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
219
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Vizille sees 93 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Isère’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Vizille has 5 family doctors. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 833 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 978, 17% more.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Vizille · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Sud Chu de Grenoble Alpes
5.5 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 9.7% of the total, above both Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Vizille is Ancienne église priorale Notre-Dame. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
88.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 0.8 mi to the nearest one. Schools rank #42 of 102 in Isère. Near Vizille, 93.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
99%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vizille than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.35/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Vizille: €2,722/m² for houses, €2,014/m² for apartments. 249 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,146/m². House rents are put at about €11.93/m² a month.
€2,146/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vizille€2,146/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,722/m²
88
Apartments
€2,014/m²
161
€11.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €14.50/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.93/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
Who lives here
A young town: 12% of people in Vizille are 15 to 24, more than in both Isère’s towns and compared French towns
The under-15s are 16% of the population here. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, lower than both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). Vizille has a median age of 44 years.
44median age
VizilleIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Florence Masnada: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alain Carignon: Thomas Bonzy, Public domain · Victor-Eugène Ardouin-Dumazet: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
Vizille’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 Vizille
Is Vizille safe?
It grades D for safety, #78 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 71 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vizille good?
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #42 of 102 in Isère. The lycée stands out: 99% of 272 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Portes de l'Oisans in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vizille expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,146/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vizille grades B− for cost of living.
About Vizille
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vizille is a commune of 7,292 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.
