Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, Montmirail earns a B−, better than just over half of compared French towns. That places it #11 of 22 in Marne. Add walkability to its strengths (A−): 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools lag: brevet results 11 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Montmirail 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
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Montmirail has higher unemployment than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 12.7%
After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,210 a year per consumption unit. Montmirail holds 2,350 jobs; 1,250 of its residents are in work, so 1.9 jobs each. No commute at all: 5.6% of working residents locally at the census.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot11%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,350
jobs based in Montmirail, 1.9 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 32% of people in Montmirail are 65 or over, more than in both Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 15%, lower than both Marne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Typical age in Montmirail: 51.3, the median.
51.3median age
MontmirailMarne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma34%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Montmirail run higher than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
7 GPs practise in Montmirail. Its care home for older people (180 places) counts its residents as Montmirail’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 698 residents of Montmirail died, against 561 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Montmirail is Antenne de Smur Gham, 13.4 mi away.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Montmirail · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne de Smur Gham
13.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Chateau Thierry
84.9 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Montmirail: 21% were built before 1919, more than in both Marne’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Montmirail is Dolmen du Trou-du-Boeuf (restes). On the Culture ministry’s list, Montmirail counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Less crime per resident in Montmirail than in 59% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 66 offenses in Montmirail. Graded property crimes ran at 10.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 9.2 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was family violence (2025).
9.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence22
Criminal damage16
Other physical violence12
Burglary10
Theft from vehicles6
Armed robbery0
Fraud26
Theft without violence20
Drug use6
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.
9.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
66
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.0%
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 sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 4.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Montmirail and 6 more in and around Montmirail
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Montmirail. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montmirail
Is Montmirail safe?
It grades B for safety, #6 of 22 in Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Montmirail good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montmirail expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,402/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montmirail grades A for cost of living.
About Montmirail
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Montmirail is a commune of 3,535 people in the Communauté de communes de la Brie Champenoise. 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.
