Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is another plus (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is its weak spot (C+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. The median home sells for €1,332/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Percy-en-Normandie has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Percy-en-Normandie 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Percy-en-Normandie skews older, with 31% of residents 65 or over, more than Manche’s towns or compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, lower than both Manche’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.3% of the town.
50.5median age
Percy-en-NormandieManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Percy-en-Normandie run below what its ages would predict: 82 per 100 expected, fewer than Manche’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Percy-en-Normandie is Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo, 13.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 543 residents of Percy-en-Normandie died, against 449 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% more. Life expectancy at birth in Manche is 85.5 years for women and 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Percy-en-Normandie can choose among 3 GPs.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw121
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Percy-en-Normandie · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
13.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Memorial France Etats Unis St Lo
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Percy-en-Normandie: 23% were built before 1919, more than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Percy-en-Normandie, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Money is tighter in Percy-en-Normandie than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,700 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 7.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Manche’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 9.1%.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
900
jobs based in Percy-en-Normandie, 0.9 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Percy-en-Normandie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
All told, Percy-en-Normandie had 26 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 4.7. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Percy-en-Normandie (2025).
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence15
Criminal damage11
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence11
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
29.8%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 29.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Percy-en-Normandie
Is Percy-en-Normandie safe?
Percy-en-Normandie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Percy-en-Normandie expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Percy-en-Normandie grades A for cost of living.
About Percy-en-Normandie
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Percy-en-Normandie is a commune of 2,641 people in the Communauté de communes de Villedieu Intercom. 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.
