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The town has 2,939 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Drocourt grades C+ overall, better than 36% of compared French towns, and ranks #42 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. The weak point is jobs & income (D) — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 11.4% unemployment. It lags on schools as well (C) — bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 1.3 points above the expected rate. Health is its strong suit: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €1,703/m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Drocourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Drocourt 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Drocourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Hénin-Beaumont, 2.1 mi away.
3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Drocourt.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 247 deaths in Drocourt from 2016 to 2025; there were 363, 47% more. This Pas-de-Calais town has 4 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
89.5% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Drocourt, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 85% of 376 candidates passed the bac pro. Its collèges and lycées rank #110 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MacéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 89%+8 pts |
| Lycée Fernand DarchicourtNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 475 | 92%−2 pts |
| Collège Youri GagarineBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 72 | 97%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,703/m², comes from 76 sales of houses and apartments in Drocourt from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 97% were houses. The estimated advertised rent is €11.20/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,703/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Median disposable income comes to €22,970 a year per consumption unit. 11.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 2.9% of working residents in Drocourt at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 19%, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Residents of Drocourt have a median age of 40.9.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Drocourt | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
The police record for Drocourt lists 44 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.4 violent offenses and 14.6 graded property crimes a year. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft 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, 9.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Drocourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Drocourt as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drocourt | 2,939 | — | C+ | C+ | B− | A− |
| Rouvroy | 8,552 | 1.1 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Billy-Montigny | 7,937 | 1.7 | D− | B− | D− | D |
| Hénin-Beaumont | 25,688 | 1.9 | D− | C+ | D− | D− |
| Montigny-en-Gohelle | 9,743 | 2.5 | D | B− | C | D |
| Fouquières-lès-Lens | 6,087 | 2.5 | D | C+ | C | D− |
| Méricourt | 11,619 | 2.6 | D− | C+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #37 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #110 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 92% of 475 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Fernand Darchicourt in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,703/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Drocourt grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Drocourt is a commune of 2,939 people in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 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.