Patay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. At the median price of €1,616/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Beauce Loirétaine. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Patay 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 Patay.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Patay is easier to get around on foot than 84% of compared French towns
At the census, 10.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to both Loiret’s towns (13.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €24,220 a year per consumption unit.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
750
jobs based in Patay, 0.7 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,220
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 84% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Patay keeps more of its old housing than Loiret or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Patay, that is above both Loiret’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Patay, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Patay’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 353 residents of Patay died, against 297 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. Its care home for older people (83 places) counts its residents as Patay’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Patay · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Oreliance Reine Blanche
11.2 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
Patay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 32 offenses in the graded categories in Patay in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 36.5% of the index here.
6.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence22
Criminal damage10
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Theft without violence5
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.
6.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
32
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
36.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Patay
Is Patay safe?
Patay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Patay good?
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Patay expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.32/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Patay grades B+ for cost of living.
About Patay
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Patay is a commune of 2,384 people in the Communauté de communes de la Beauce Loirétaine. 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.
