Voulx is easy to get around without a car: 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,856/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pays de Montereau. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment.
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. Voulx 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 Voulx 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.
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen · CC BY 4.0 · Maison dite des Dimes: Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen · CC BY 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Voulx.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
A walkable place: Voulx beats 90% of compared French towns on foot
19%walk, cycle or take transit
After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,620 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 8.9%, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Voulx didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
Public transport15%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Voulx, 0.4 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Voulx sees more deaths than three in four compared French towns
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
321 deaths in Voulx between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 247: 30% above. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Voulx records 99 deaths per 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Voulx is Centre hospitalier Sud Seine et Marne site Montereau, 7 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Voulx can choose among 3 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Voulx · 1.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Sud Seine et Marne site Montereau
7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Sud Seine et Marne site Montereau
85.4 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-et-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 15% of Voulx, fewer than in both Seine-et-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
47.3median age
Those 65 and older account for 26% of residents. 9.9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The median resident of Voulx is 47.3 years old.
VoulxSeine-et-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Voulx: 19% were built before 1919, more than in both Seine-et-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Voulx, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Voulx has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
For 2025, the figures show 25 offenses in Voulx. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.7 violent offenses and 12.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage19
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud10
Drug use6
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.
4.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
44.0%
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, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 44.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Voulx is a commune of 1,626 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Montereau. 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
1,626 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays de Montereau
Département
Seine-et-Marne (77)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
4.9 sq mi (12.6 km²)
INSEE code
77531
Voulx’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 Voulx
Is Voulx safe?
Voulx has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Voulx expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,856/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Voulx grades C 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.
