Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Doudeville 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 Doudeville 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 Doudeville.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Doudeville run above what its ages would predict: 113 per 100 expected, more than in Seine-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Seine-Maritime, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 280 residents of Doudeville died, against 248 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. The nearest emergency department to Doudeville is Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine, 17.7 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Doudeville can choose among 2 GPs.
+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Doudeville · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine
17.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Doudeville than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4%
The median disposable income was €23,090 a year per consumption unit, about level with Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 12.9% are unemployed. No commute at all: 4.3% of working residents in Doudeville at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle0%
700
jobs based in Doudeville, 0.7 per working resident
12.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,090
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 64% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Doudeville has more crime per resident than 62% of compared French towns
Over 2025, Doudeville logged 70 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 13.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11. Of the graded crimes in the town, other physical violence came up most often (2025).
13.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence28
Criminal damage27
Family violence15
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
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.
13.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
70
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.2%
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, 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, 11.2% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Doudeville keeps more of its old housing than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Doudeville is Château de Galleville.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Doudeville than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults
Ages in Doudeville split evenly at 43.9: half are older, half younger. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, close to both Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).
43.9median age
DoudevilleSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Doudeville
Are schools in Doudeville good?
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Doudeville expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,565/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Doudeville grades A− for cost of living.
About Doudeville
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Doudeville is a commune of 2,420 people in the Communauté de communes Plateau de Caux. 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.
