Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on safety — an average of 12.7 recorded violent incidents and 14.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walkability is its strong suit: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 43% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at C, better than 29% of compared French towns. That places it #33 of 43 in Loiret.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Orléans 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 Orléans.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
43.4% of commuters in Orléans go to work without a car, more than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns
The jobless rate is 14.6%. For its 49,100 residents in work, Orléans has 70,850 jobs: 1.4 each. Median disposable income comes to €23,630 a year per consumption unit.
43%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving52%
Public transport24%
On foot13%
Bicycle7%
Motorbike or scooter1%
70,850
jobs based in Orléans, 1.4 per working resident
14.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,630
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 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
167 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1995
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Orléans has 14 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1995. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in the town is Vestiges de la chapelle Saint-Jacques.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Orléans sits above 73% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Orléans came to 2,998 in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
12.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage835
Other physical violence621
Family violence504
Theft from vehicles398
Sexual violence328
Burglary217
Vehicle theft80
Armed robbery15
Theft without violence1,297
Drug use868
Fraud830
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.
12.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
2,998
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A young town: 18% of people in Orléans are 15 to 24, more than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents. Half of Orléans is older than 35.1, half younger. 43% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Loiret 30%, France 30%).
35.1median age
OrléansLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
18%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education43%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Orléans sees fewer deaths than Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: 81 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loiret, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 8,288 residents of Orléans died, against 9,262 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Orléans can choose among 84 GPs.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
84
GPs in Orléans · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Oreliance Reine Blanche
3.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Oreliance Longues Allees
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
87.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the 19 collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #21 of 48 in Loiret. Near Orléans, 91.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to both Loiret’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the nine general lycées, 95% of 2,786 candidates passed the bac, 1.8 points below the expected rate.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Robert II de France: Natalis de Wailly, Public domain · Charles Péguy: Jean-Pierre Laurens, Public domain · Florian Thauvin: Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Alfred Cornu: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Étienne Dolet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Auguste de Saint-Hilaire: Henrique Manzo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Orléans’ 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 Orléans
Is Orléans safe?
It grades C for safety, #38 of 43 in Loiret. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 217 burglaries and 835 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Orléans good?
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #21 of 48 in Loiret. The lycée stands out: 98% of 122 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Paul - Bourdon Blanc 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 Orléans 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 €2,565/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €2,589/m² (1,078 sales), apartments €2,553/m² (3,682 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Orléans grades C− for cost of living.
About Orléans
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Orléans is a commune of 116,357 people in the Orléans 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.
