Plenty to like here, at a price. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 47% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a strength (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking #3 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. Set against the rest, it does better than 72% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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 Avon 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 Avon.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
47.4% of commuters in Avon go to work without a car, more than in both Seine-et-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Per resident in work, Avon counts 0.7 jobs (4,200 jobs, 5,950 workers). Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 38.4% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
47%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving47%
Public transport38%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
4,200
jobs based in Avon, 0.7 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,020
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
HealthHealth A−
Allowing for age and care homes, Avon sees fewer deaths than Seine-et-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 77 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Avon can choose among 12 GPs. Average lifespans in Seine-et-Marne: 85.4 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,533 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,316, 14% fewer.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Avon · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Sud Seine et Marne site Fontainebleau
1.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Sud Seine et Marne site Fontainebleau
85.4 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-et-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Avon, houses go for €3,760/m² and apartments for €2,720/m². The estimated advertised rent is €16.44/m² a month, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €15.54/m² a month.
€2,918/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Avon€2,918/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-et-Marne median€3,093/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,760/m²
118
Apartments
€2,720/m²
583
€16.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.50 to €20.02/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€32,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Avon has less crime per resident than 66% of compared French towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.7 cases of violence against people and 12.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 253 offenses were reported in Avon during 2025. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
5.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage88
Family violence46
Burglary35
Other physical violence28
Theft from vehicles27
Sexual violence20
Vehicle theft9
Theft without violence131
Fraud101
Drug use37
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.
5.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
253
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.7%
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
3 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2022
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Avon is Église Saint-Pierre. On the Culture ministry’s list, Avon counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
91.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 2.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Avon is 94.6%, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For exam results, it comes #5 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. At the four general lycées, 97% of 1,114 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Avon is a graduates’ town: 45% hold a degree, more than in both Seine-et-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, between Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents.
41.1median age
AvonSeine-et-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Avon
Is Avon safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #25 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 88 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Avon good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #5 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 93% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Uruguay France 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 Avon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Avon grades C for cost of living.
About Avon
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Avon is a commune of 13,651 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau. 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
Population
13,651 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau
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.
