Hermes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,093/m², a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Hermes 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 Hermes.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Hermes sees more deaths than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 112 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Hermes, that is above both Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 179 residents of Hermes died, against 160 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Hermes · 1.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Clermont
10.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Beauvais
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Hermes: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Oise’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Hermes is above both Oise’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Hermes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Hermes is Ancienne abbaye cistercienne de Froidmont.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Hermes are out of work than in Oise’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.8%
In the comparison, Hermes comes above both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Hermes has 650 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport5%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Hermes, 0.6 per working resident
13.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Hermes has less crime per resident than 56% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 54 offenses in the graded categories in Hermes in 2025. For sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 12.5% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
8.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Vehicle theft16
Other physical violence11
Burglary10
Criminal damage10
Family violence7
Fraud13
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.
8.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
54
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Hermes
Is Hermes safe?
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Hermes good?
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Hermes expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,093/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.53/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hermes grades C for cost of living.
About Hermes
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Hermes is a commune of 2,466 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis. 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.
