Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Measured against local pay, Compiègne costs more to live in than 80% of compared French towns
The median sale price of homes in Compiègne is €2,471/m². That is the middle of 1,527 sales of houses and apartments from July 2023 to June 2026; the median of compared French towns is €2,430/m². Compiègne grades C− for cost of living: #45 of 59 in Oise.
What stands out about housing and cost in Compiègne
Renting takes more of the area’s income than in most towns
At the estimated advertised rent of €14.72/m² a month, a year on 70 m² comes to 48% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne: more than in 89% of compared French towns. Renting ↓
Prices moved with the rest of France
The median price per m² in Compiègne went from €2,531/m² in 2022 to €2,448/m² in 2025 (−3.3%); the median of compared French towns held steady. Price trend ↓
Houses cost more per m² than apartments
Houses sold for a median €2,911/m² and apartments for €2,293/m² (377 and 1,150 sales), so the town’s single median depends on which sold more. By type ↓
Written from the DVF, Carte des loyers, Filosofi, census and tax-rate figures on this page.
Compiègne grades C− for cost of living
What 70 m² costs to buy and to rent, each against the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne: €25,950 in 2023. Against the 4,406 French towns of 2,500 or more with a Cost of living Grade.
Price: 70 m² × €2,471/m² = €172,940, 6.7 times €25,950. For a couple (1.5 consumption units): 4.4 times their income. Rent: 70 m² × €14.72/m² × 12 months = €12,370, 48% of €25,950.
The two inputs tell the same story: they are within 25 points of each other. Compiègne is #45 of 59 in Oise for cost of living.
The median price fell 3% from 2022 to 2025
The median price per m² of the houses and apartments sold each year, against the median of compared French towns that year. For the median compared town it held steady.
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| Year | Compiègne | Compared towns | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | €2,493/m² | — | 286 |
| 2025 | €2,448/m² | €2,457/m² | 530 |
| 2024 | €2,464/m² | €2,439/m² | 464 |
| 2023 | €2,541/m² | €2,527/m² | 494 |
| 2022 | €2,531/m² | €2,497/m² | 680 |
| H2 2021 | €2,559/m² | — | 362 |
France’s open file of sales (DVF) covers only the last five years and a half, so there is no longer history. The chart shows its full years; the half years at each end: July to December 2021: €2,559/m². January to June 2026: €2,493/m² (286 sales). A year’s median needs 30 sales.
About 500 homes sell a year
Houses and apartments sold in Compiègne each year (the 2023–2025 average in the headline). France’s open sale data (DVF) covers only the last five years, so there is no long history.
Hatched: half years. 2021 starts in July; 2026 ends in June and is still filling, as sales reach the file a few months after they complete.
What houses and apartments sell for
1,527 sales over three years: 377 houses and 1,150 apartments. The tick marks the median of compared French towns.
Median price per m²
Against the median of compared French towns: houses 16% above it (€2,502/m²); apartments 17% below it (€2,750/m²).
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| Type | Median per m² | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,911/m² | 377 | 25% |
| Apartments | €2,293/m² | 1,150 | 75% |
Sales of houses and apartments with a price and a living area, from July 2023 to June 2026. A median needs 30 sales. Prices per m² are of living area (surface réelle bâtie).
A year’s rent on 70 m² takes 48% of the area’s median income
The income is the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne, €25,950: an income adjusted for household size, where the first adult counts 1, each other person aged 14 or over 0.5 and each child under 14 0.3. For a couple, who count as 1.5 consumption units, the same home is 4.4 times their income.
An estimate, not a loan offer: repayments capped at 35% of net income (the HCSF rule French lenders follow), a fixed-rate loan over the term shown, notary fees of about 7.5% on an older home and 2.5% on a new one, paid from savings. Other debts, bank and guarantee fees aren’t included.
Advertised apartment rents are estimated at €14.72/m² a month
About €1,030 a month for 70 m², charges included. The ministry’s prediction range for Compiègne runs from €11.83 to €18.32/m² a month. That is 19% above the median of compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Estimated advertised rent per m², a month tick: the median of compared French towns
Rents are the Housing Ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, charges included, predicted from listings; they are not rents actually paid.
Housing Ministry (DHUP) and ANIL, Carte des loyers 2025: rents per m² predicted from online listings, charges included. The grade uses the apartment figure.
The commune’s property-tax rate is 47.63%, the 29th highest of 59 towns in Oise
Owners pay the taxe foncière on built property each year. The bill is the rate times half the home’s cadastral rental value (valeur locative cadastrale), a notional rent the tax office sets for each home; the intercommunality’s rate and the household-waste charge (TEOM) can add to it. Since 2021 the commune’s rate includes the share the département used to levy.
DGFiP, REI (local tax rates) 2025. Shown, not graded.
34% of households own their home; 37% rent privately
Census 2023: households by how they hold their main home, and the share of all homes that are second homes or empty. The widest gap from the median compared town: owners, 34% against 63%.
Second homes and who lives in Compiègne: Who lives here →
INSEE, census 2023. Medians of compared towns: towns with an overall grade.
64th cheapest of 209 French towns its size
French towns of 28,500 to 55,000 people with a Cost of living Grade, cheapest first against income; towns in Oise are kept in view.
| # | Town | Median per m² | Years of income | Rent per m² | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montluçon Allier | €833/m² | 2.4× | €8.86/m² | A |
| … | |||||
| 61 | Colomiers Haute-Garonne | €2,726/m² | 7.3× | €13.10/m² | C− |
| 62 | Les Mureaux Yvelines | €2,360/m² | 6.2× | €16.34/m² | C− |
| 63 | Thonon-les-Bains Haute-Savoie | €3,671/m² | 7.6× | €16.87/m² | C− |
| 64 | Compiègne Oise | €2,471/m² | 6.7× | €14.72/m² | C− |
| 65 | Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | €3,344/m² | 8.4× | €13.59/m² | C− |
| 66 | Draguignan Var | €2,447/m² | 6.9× | €13.39/m² | C− |
| 67 | Orvault Loire-Atlantique | €3,244/m² | 8.2× | €13.77/m² | C− |
| … | |||||
| 75 | Creil Oise | €1,879/m² | 6.8× | €14.69/m² | D |
| … | |||||
| 209 | Paris 8e Paris | €12,009/m² | 30× | €36.09/m² | D− |
Years of income: 70 m² at the median price against the area’s median income per consumption unit. A dash: no sale prices (fewer than 30 sales, or Alsace-Moselle).
Compiègne and its neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, shaded by median price per m² against Compiègne’s.
| Town | Cost | Median per m² | Rent per m² | 2022–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compiègne | C− | €2,471/m² | €14.72/m² | −3.3% |
| Venette | C | €2,291/m² | €13.40/m² | +11% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne | C− | €2,406/m² | €13.88/m² | −11% |
| Choisy-au-Bac | C− | €2,287/m² | €14.30/m² | −25% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen | C− | €2,439/m² | €13.79/m² | −11% |
| Longueil-Annel | B− | €2,049/m² | €11.23/m² | +7.7% |
| Thourotte | B− | €1,801/m² | €12.49/m² | −9.8% |
Thourotte is the cheapest at €1,801/m².
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Prices. The median of the prices per m² of houses and apartments sold in Compiègne over three years, from the public file of property sales (DVF). Half sold for more, half for less. We show a median only where 30 or more homes sold, and never an individual sale: the decree that publishes DVF forbids it.
- Rents. The Housing Ministry predicts a rent per m² for every commune from online listings, charges included. It is an estimate of asking rents, not of rents tenants actually pay.
- Income. The median annual income per consumption unit: disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by the household’s consumption units. It is not a household’s income. We use the intercommunality’s, the area people live and work across; the four island communes with no intercommunality use their own.
- Property tax. A rate, shown and never graded: what owners pay depends on each home’s cadastral rental value, which isn’t published.
Questions about housing and cost in Compiègne
Is Compiègne expensive?
Homes sold for a median €2,471/m² from July 2023 to June 2026 (houses: €2,911/m² (377 sales); apartments: €2,293/m² (1,150 sales)), against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. 70 m² at that price comes to 6.7 times the area’s median annual income per consumption unit (4.4 times for a couple).
How much is rent in Compiègne?
The ministry estimates advertised apartment rents at €14.72/m² a month, charges included: about €1,030 for 70 m². Rents are the Housing Ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, charges included, predicted from listings; they are not rents actually paid.
What is the property tax in Compiègne?
The commune’s taxe foncière rate is 47.63% (2025), against 40.41% for the median of compared French towns. The bill is that rate times half the home’s cadastral rental value, plus the intercommunality’s rate and the household-waste charge.
Are prices rising in Compiègne?
The median price per m² fell 3% from 2022 to 2025 (€2,531/m² to €2,448/m²); for the median of compared French towns it held steady.
Sources: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated version), Jul 2023–Jun 2026 · Housing Ministry (DHUP) and ANIL, Carte des loyers 2025 · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · INSEE, census 2023 · DGFiP, REI local tax rates 2025 · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.