Strong in places, weak in others. Schools lag (C−): brevet results 3.3 points below the expected rate. With a C+ overall, Chaumont-en-Vexin is better than 37% of compared French towns and ranks #24 of 56 in Oise. At the median price of €2,449/m², a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Vexin-Thelle. Where it does best is walkability (A−): 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Chaumont-en-Vexin 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
A walkable place: Chaumont-en-Vexin beats 76% of compared French towns on foot
Chaumont-en-Vexin holds 1,500 jobs; 1,400 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. Bus, tram or train carried 16.3% of working residents in Chaumont-en-Vexin to work at the census. The jobless rate is 9.8%.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
Public transport16%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
1,500
jobs based in Chaumont-en-Vexin, 1.1 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Renting in Chaumont-en-Vexin costs more than in Oise’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €15.01/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
78 sales of houses and apartments in Chaumont-en-Vexin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,449/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 78 homes were sold locally. The sales split: 76% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,449/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chaumont-en-Vexin€2,449/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Oise median€2,311/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,531/m²
59
€15.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.40 to €18.17/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Vexin-Thelle
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Chaumont-en-Vexin keeps more of its old housing than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Chaumont-en-Vexin counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Chaumont-en-Vexin skews older, with 25% of residents 65 or over, more than in Oise’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. Chaumont-en-Vexin has a median age of 44.2. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, close to both Oise’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).
44.2median age
Chaumont-en-VexinOise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Chaumont-en-Vexin records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 97 in Oise’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Chaumont-en-Vexin can choose among 2 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Oise is 84.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 671 residents of Chaumont-en-Vexin died, against 499 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% more.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw135
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Chaumont-en-Vexin · 0.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gisors
5.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Gisors
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chaumont-en-Vexin ranks below 52% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Violence against people averaged 9.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 11.9. Police and gendarmerie figures for Chaumont-en-Vexin show 86 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime here was sexual violence (2025).
9.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence27
Criminal damage25
Family violence17
Other physical violence10
Vehicle theft7
Fraud27
Theft without violence17
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.
9.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
86
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.6%
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 armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Bertichères and 3 more in and around Chaumont-en-Vexin
Heritage and museums in and near Chaumont-en-Vexin. Best known first.
Paul Avenel: Pierre Petit, Public domain · Georges Avenel: Henri Avenel, Public domain · Emmanuel Godo: EmmanuelLucHenri, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Myriam Gourfink: CCCCédric, CC BY-SA 4.0
Chaumont-en-Vexin’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 Chaumont-en-Vexin
Is Chaumont-en-Vexin safe?
It grades B− for safety, #23 of 56 in Oise.
Are schools in Chaumont-en-Vexin good?
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #35 of 55 in Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chaumont-en-Vexin expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,449/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Chaumont-en-Vexin grades C for cost of living.
About Chaumont-en-Vexin
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Chaumont-en-Vexin is a commune of 3,338 people in the Communauté de communes du Vexin-Thelle. 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.
