La Roche-Neuville’s best grade is for health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 44% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is another plus (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: just over three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It skews young: only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Roche-Neuville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares La Roche-Neuville 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 La Roche-Neuville.
HealthHealth A+
Mortality in La Roche-Neuville, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns: 56 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Mayenne, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 37 deaths in La Roche-Neuville between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 66: 44% below. The nearest emergency department to La Roche-Neuville is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou, 3.7 mi away.
−44%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw56
Adjusted56
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in La Roche-Neuville · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou
3.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in La Roche-Neuville, 3.2%, runs below Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €27,030 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Mayenne’s towns (€24,995). La Roche-Neuville has 150 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.8% of commuters travelled at the census.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
150
jobs based in La Roche-Neuville, 0.2 per working resident
3.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 6% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 22% of La Roche-Neuville, above Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.5% of residents. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.
40.1median age
La Roche-NeuvilleMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
The median sale price of homes in La Roche-Neuville is €1,656/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.46/m² a month, near Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. La Roche-Neuville recorded 38 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,656/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Roche-Neuville€1,656/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,690/m²
37
€9.46/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.23 to €12.37/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
La Roche-Neuville keeps more of its old housing than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in La Roche-Neuville is Logis seigneurial de Viaulnay. On the Culture ministry’s list, La Roche-Neuville counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
La Roche-Neuville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4 violent offenses and 4.7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Of the graded crimes in La Roche-Neuville, other physical violence came up most often (2025).
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
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
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
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
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 family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
Nearby attractions
Château de la Rongère and 5 more in and around La Roche-Neuville
Heritage in and near La Roche-Neuville. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Roche-Neuville
Is La Roche-Neuville safe?
La Roche-Neuville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is La Roche-Neuville expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Roche-Neuville grades A− for cost of living.
About La Roche-Neuville
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
La Roche-Neuville is a commune of 1,240 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier. 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.
