The data are hard on it. It is easy to get around without a car (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,779/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, better than 12% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #136 of 189 in Nord. Safety is weaker too (D): an average of 13.5 recorded violent incidents and 23.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Tourcoing 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 Tourcoing.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Tourcoing are out of work than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: 18.9%
The median disposable income was €20,250 a year per consumption unit, below both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 2.4% of working residents in Tourcoing at the census.
27%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
Public transport18%
On foot7%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
29,050
jobs based in Tourcoing, 0.8 per working resident
18.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Tourcoing sits above 93% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Tourcoing (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 3,489 offenses in the town in 2025.
13.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage1,116
Family violence595
Other physical violence469
Theft from vehicles449
Vehicle theft320
Burglary282
Sexual violence250
Armed robbery8
Theft without violence945
Fraud731
Drug use729
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.
13.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3,489
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A young town: 14% of people in Tourcoing are 15 to 24, more than in both Nord’s towns and compared French towns
The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents. 21% are under 15, above both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Tourcoing is 35.2.
35.2median age
TourcoingNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: Tourcoing is above 84% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its nine care homes for older people (778 places) count their residents as Tourcoing’s; allowing for them, deaths were 3% above expected. 7,364 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 6,230: 18% above. At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 108 family doctors.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
108
GPs in Tourcoing · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Tourcoing
1.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Tourcoing
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
86.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the 24 collèges within 5 km, 5.7 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Tourcoing, 89.6% passed the bac, close to Nord’s towns (90.4%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 1,150 candidates at 13 lycées. Its schools’ results rank #76 of 195 in Nord.
94%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Renting in Tourcoing costs more than in both Nord’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.17/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Tourcoing goes for €1,794/m², an apartment for €1,754/m². The median price, €1,779/m², comes from 3,350 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 64% were houses.
€1,779/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tourcoing€1,779/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,794/m²
2,151
Apartments
€1,754/m²
1,199
€13.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.68 to €16.25/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Européenne de Lille
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
25 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2002
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 4.9% of homes were built. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. Per 10,000 residents, Tourcoing counts 2.5 protected monuments, higher than Nord’s towns (0) and near compared French towns (2.5).
25historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit25
15th c.
oldest protected part
1981
first monument protected
2002
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Église Saint-Christophe: Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien Palais Vaissier: Photo: Heems · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien tissage Louis Lepoutre: Photo: VVVCFFrance · CC BY-SA 4.0
Yohan Cabaye: Stanislav Vedmid, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marcel Lefebvre: Antonisse, Marcel / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Albert Roussel: unidentified photograph, Public domain · Charles Rampelberg: Agence Rol, Public domain · René Ghil: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Jocelyn Delecour: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Tourcoing’s 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 Tourcoing
Is Tourcoing safe?
It grades D for safety, #166 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 282 burglaries and 1,116 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Tourcoing good?
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #76 of 195 in Nord. 86% of 157 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Colbert in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tourcoing expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,779/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tourcoing grades C+ for cost of living.
About Tourcoing
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Tourcoing is a commune of 98,772 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. 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.
