Where it does best is walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 63% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, ranking #53 of 107 in Rhône. That leaves it better than 63% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Lyon 4e 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 Lyon 4e.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
63.3% of commuters in Lyon 4e go to work without a car, more than in Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
After tax and benefits, the median income is €32,010 a year per consumption unit. 15,450 jobs are based in Lyon 4e, for 16,700 working residents (0.9 per worker). Unemployment stood at 9.3%, between Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
63%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport32%
Driving30%
On foot16%
Bicycle15%
Motorbike or scooter2%
15,450
jobs based in Lyon 4e, 0.9 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,010
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Lyon 4e cost more than in Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €4,881/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €16.88/m² a month, above Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Apartments in Lyon 4e sell for €4,851/m², houses for €7,928/m². Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 1,433 homes locally.
€4,881/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lyon 4e€4,881/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€7,928/m²
38
Apartments
€4,851/m²
1,395
€16.88/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.86 to €22.17/m² a month)
12.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.63/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,800
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole de Lyon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Lyon 4e has a lower adjusted death rate than 81% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3,069 deaths in Lyon 4e between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 3,375: 9% below. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 76 per 100 expected, close to Rhône’s towns (76) and below compared French towns (88). At birth, a girl in Rhône can expect 87.1 years and a boy 81.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. This Rhône town has 27 family doctors.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
27
GPs in Lyon 4e · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Croix Rousse Hospices Civils de Lyon
0.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Croix Rousse Hospices Civils de Lyon
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Lyon 4e: 24% were built before 1919, more than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 19th century. Lyon 4e has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Lyon 4e hold a degree than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 63%
15% are under 15, below both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 13% of residents. At 40.8, the median resident of Lyon 4e sits in the middle of the age range.
40.8median age
Lyon 4eRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP10%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education63%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Lyon 4e has more crime per resident than 59% of compared French towns
Violence against people averaged 5.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 17.6. Police and gendarmerie recorded 822 offenses in Lyon 4e in 2025.
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage229
Theft from vehicles145
Burglary135
Vehicle theft105
Other physical violence89
Family violence74
Sexual violence45
Theft without violence597
Fraud309
Drug use58
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
822
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
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 go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
92.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the 48 collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #58 of 115 in Rhône. At the 28 general lycées, 96% of 6,505 candidates passed the bac, 1.8 points below the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lyon 4e
Is Lyon 4e safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #51 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 135 burglaries and 229 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lyon 4e good?
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #58 of 115 in Rhône. 94% of 454 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lyon 4e expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,881/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €7,928/m² (38 sales), apartments €4,851/m² (1,395 sales).
About Lyon 4e
Arrondissement of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lyon 4e is one of the arrondissements of Lyon, with 34,752 people. TownRatings compares Paris, Lyon and Marseille by arrondissement: each has its own mayor and its own statistics.
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.
