Pithiviers’s weakest subject is safety — an average of 19 recorded violent incidents and 23.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fewer journeys need a car (A): 82% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also does well on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at C−, #39 of 43 in Loiret. Set against the rest, it does better than just over a fifth of compared French towns.
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 Pithiviers 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 Pithiviers.
Safety
Crime per resident in Pithiviers runs higher than in 96% of compared French towns
On the Safety Grade, Pithiviers ranks 42nd of the 43 compared towns in Loiret. With 5,950 jobs for 3,200 working residents, Pithiviers draws people in from neighbouring communes. In 2025, 328 offenses were recorded here. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
19recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage113
Other physical violence67
Family violence62
Vehicle theft24
Sexual violence23
Theft from vehicles21
Burglary18
Theft without violence94
Fraud77
Drug use67
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.
19
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
328
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.1% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Pithiviers are out of work than in Loiret’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.2%
The median disposable income was €20,380 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 5.7% of Pithiviers’ working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Pithiviers didn’t travel to work at all.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot14%
Public transport6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,950
jobs based in Pithiviers, 1.8 per working resident
17.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,380
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 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
82.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.7 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Pithiviers, 89.2% passed the bac, lower than both Loiret’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #36 of 48 in Loiret on results. A collège lies 0.7 mi away.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
A home in Pithiviers sells for €1,463/m², less than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Pithiviers, houses go for €1,586/m² and apartments for €1,285/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.95/m² a month, lower than both Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.48/m² a month.
€1,463/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pithiviers€1,463/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loiret median€1,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,586/m²
125
Apartments
€1,285/m²
92
€10.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.90 to €13.47/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pithiverais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2022
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, higher than both Loiret’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2022. On the Culture ministry’s list, Pithiviers counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Salomon et Saint-Grégoire.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Pithiviers’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,032 deaths in Pithiviers between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 998: 3% above. Its care home for older people (136 places) counts its residents as Pithiviers’; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. The town has 8 family doctors. 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.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Pithiviers · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
17.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Sud Essonne Dourdan site Etampes
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Students and young workers shape Pithiviers: 13% are 15 to 24, above Loiret’s towns and compared French towns
18% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Ages in Pithiviers split evenly at 40.7: half are older, half younger. Over-65s are 22% of the population.
40.7median age
PithiviersLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma34%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Église Saint-Salomon et Saint-Grégoire: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de l'Ardoise: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marie NDiaye: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Steve Marlet: Chris93, CC BY 4.0 · Hervé Boussard: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Geoffroy Lequatre: Ed Tarwinski, CC BY 2.0 · Lubin Baugin: Didier Descouens, Public domain · Louis Le Bègue Duportail: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain
Pithiviers’ 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 Pithiviers
Is Pithiviers safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 113 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Pithiviers good?
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #36 of 48 in Loiret. 95% of 325 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Duhamel du Monceau in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pithiviers expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pithiviers grades B+ for cost of living.
About Pithiviers
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Pithiviers is a commune of 8,856 people in the Communauté de communes du Pithiverais. 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.
