It is easy to get around without a car: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 69% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €13,532/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 34.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Haute-Tarentaise. Crime runs high: an average of 12.8 recorded violent incidents and 22.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Val-d'Isère has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Val-d'Isère 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 Val-d'Isère.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Val-d'Isère than in 91% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Val-d'Isère was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 66 offenses recorded locally. The town has 2,250 jobs for 1,000 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
12.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage33
Other physical violence25
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence203
Drug use28
Fraud23
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.
12.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
66
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.4%
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 · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 16.4% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Fewer people in Val-d'Isère are out of work than in Savoie’s towns or across compared French towns: 1.5%
Half of residents lived on more than €31,810 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and compared French towns (€25,970). Just over a tenth of Val-d'Isère’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
69%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
On foot49%
Driving19%
Public transport17%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,250
jobs based in Val-d'Isère, 2.3 per working resident
1.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
For cost of living, Val-d'Isère gets a D
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.58/m² a month, lower than Savoie’s towns (€14.73/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €13,532/m², comes from 307 sales of houses and apartments in Val-d'Isère from July 2023 to June 2026. Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 3% were houses.
€13,532/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val-d'Isère€13,532/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Savoie median€3,542/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Apartments
€13,345/m²
298
€13.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.37 to €22.01/m² a month)
34.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Haute-Tarentaise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Val-d'Isère are 65 or over: 14%, below Savoie’s towns and compared French towns
8.8% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Under 15: 16% of residents. Among adults, 37% have a degree.
42.7median age
Val-d'IsèreSavoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in Val-d'Isère run below what its ages would predict: 77 per 100 expected, fewer than in Savoie’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 9 general practitioners in Val-d'Isère. The nearest emergency department to Val-d'Isère is Centre hospitalier de Bourg St Maurice, 15.4 mi away. 68 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 88: 23% below. Life expectancy at birth in Savoie is 86.6 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw77
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Val-d'Isère · 14.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Bourg St Maurice
15.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Bourg St Maurice
86.6 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val-d'Isère
Is Val-d'Isère expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €13,532/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Val-d'Isère grades D for cost of living.
About Val-d'Isère
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Val-d'Isère is a commune of 1,567 people in the Communauté de communes de Haute-Tarentaise. 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.
