Écommoy grades B overall: better than 58% of compared French towns, and #26 of 31 in Sarthe. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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 Écommoy 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 Écommoy.
Schools
Exam results around Écommoy trail 96% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Écommoy, 84.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below both Sarthe’s towns (89.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). School results put the town #34 of 34 in Sarthe. General-bac pupils go 10.4 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
A home in Écommoy sells for €1,549/m², less than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.61/m² a month, close to Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. House rents are put at about €8.46/m² a month.
€1,549/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Écommoy€1,549/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,559/m²
131
€9.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.67 to €12.04/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Orée de Bercé - Belinois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Écommoy skews older, with 28% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 23% of adults, close to Sarthe’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Écommoy is 47.9. The share of residents under 15 is 16%.
47.9median age
ÉcommoySarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Écommoy is lower than in 59% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Écommoy, the most frequent was family violence (2025). Violence against people ran at 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12 (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 133 offenses locally.
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence36
Criminal damage34
Burglary28
Vehicle theft23
Theft from vehicles12
Fraud25
Theft without violence16
Drug use5
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.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
133
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.0%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 4.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Écommoy is below 57% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 597 deaths in Écommoy from 2016 to 2025; there were 589, 1% fewer. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Écommoy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Écommoy is Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans, 10 mi away. The town has 7 family doctors.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Écommoy · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans
9.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Tertre Rouge Pole Sante Sud
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Écommoy has 0.8 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Unemployment stood at 8.9%, above Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) but below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Écommoy didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 4.5% of working residents in Écommoy to work at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,500
jobs based in Écommoy, 0.8 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 57% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Écommoy
Is Écommoy safe?
It grades B for safety, #14 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Écommoy good?
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Écommoy expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Écommoy grades A for cost of living.
About Écommoy
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Écommoy is a commune of 4,868 people in the Communauté de communes Orée de Bercé - Belinois. 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.
