Meaux grades D overall and ranks #94 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. On that grade it does better than 8% of compared French towns. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its best grade is for walkability: 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 50% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Meaux 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.
Séminaire (ancien): Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cathédrale Saint-Étienne: Photo: Toine77 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sanctuaire gallo-romain de la Bauve: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Théâtre antique: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meaux.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Meaux are out of work than in Seine-et-Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.5%
50%walk, cycle or take transit
Meaux has 23,800 jobs for 24,250 working residents, 1 per worker. After tax and benefits, the median income is €22,410 a year per consumption unit. 2.3% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving47%
Public transport39%
On foot9%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
23,800
jobs based in Meaux, 1 per working resident
14.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
A typical home in Meaux sells for €3,005/m²
€3,005/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Meaux: €2,910/m² for houses, €3,036/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €16.67/m² a month, near Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €13.96/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Meaux€3,005/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-et-Marne median€3,093/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,910/m²
322
Apartments
€3,036/m²
1,266
€16.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.03 to €19.80/m² a month)
8.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.96/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,010
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Meaux has a higher adjusted death rate than 71% of compared French towns
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Meaux’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 3,484 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 3,836, 10% more. In Seine-et-Marne, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 55 GPs practise here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
55
GPs in Meaux · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Meaux site Saint Faron
1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Meaux site Saint Faron
85.4 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-et-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
84.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the nine collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
94%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #22 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne on results. Near Meaux, 92.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). At the four general lycées, 94% of 1,637 candidates passed the bac, 1.3 points below the expected rate.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Meaux sees more crime than 67% of compared French towns
11.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Meaux. 1,442 offenses were reported in Meaux during 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 11.9 violent offenses and 13.7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage545
Family violence316
Other physical violence210
Sexual violence158
Theft from vehicles91
Vehicle theft62
Burglary60
Drug use547
Theft without violence510
Fraud418
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.
11.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,442
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
13 historic monuments in Meaux, the oldest from Antiquity
13historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Meaux is Cité épiscopale. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2016.
Jeanne Hébuterne: Unknown author Unknown author (The photographer died most probabely 70 years ago), Public domain · Lionnel Mpasi Nzau: feguifoot, Public domain · Léon Charles Thévenin: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Marcel Tisserand: beIN SPORTS Türkiye, CC BY 3.0 · Karim Essediri: Jarvin, CC BY 3.0 · Chris Mavinga: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 3.0
About Meaux
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Meaux is a commune of 56,905 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux. 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
56,905 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux
Département
Seine-et-Marne (77)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
5.9 sq mi (15.4 km²)
INSEE code
77284
Meaux’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Meaux
Is Meaux safe?
It grades C for safety, #76 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 60 burglaries and 545 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Meaux good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #22 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Meaux expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Meaux grades D for cost of living.
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.
