School results are strong: brevet results 7 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €2,250/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Campagne-de-Caux. Add walkability to its strengths — 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Goderville has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Goderville 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Goderville has lower unemployment than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1%
900 jobs are based in Goderville, for 1,200 working residents (0.7 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €26,600 a year per consumption unit, higher than Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Just over one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
900
jobs based in Goderville, 0.7 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,600
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 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Goderville sees fewer deaths than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
5 GPs practise in Goderville. The nearest emergency department to Goderville is Chi du Pays des Hautes Falaises Fecamp, 6.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 317 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 293, 7% fewer. Also worth knowing: in Seine-Maritime, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Goderville · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi du Pays des Hautes Falaises Fecamp
6.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi du Pays des Hautes Falaises Fecamp
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Goderville skews older, with 26% of residents 65 or over, more than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns
Under 15: 16% of residents. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, near Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and higher than compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Goderville by age and the one in the middle is 44.8.
44.8median age
GodervilleSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Goderville gets a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
97 sales of houses and apartments in Goderville, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,250/m². House rents are put at about €11.74/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 97 homes were sold here.
€2,250/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Goderville€2,250/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,211/m²
78
€12.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.44 to €15.14/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,540
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Campagne-de-Caux
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Goderville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2025 saw 39 offenses recorded in Goderville. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 1.7 cases of violence against people and 8.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Goderville (2025).
1.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Theft from vehicles5
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
Theft without violence6
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.
1.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
39
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
29.8%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 29.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Vieux Château and 6 more in and around Goderville
Heritage and museums in and near Goderville. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Goderville
Is Goderville safe?
Goderville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Goderville good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #1 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Goderville expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,250/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.57/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Goderville grades C+ for cost of living.
About Goderville
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Goderville is a commune of 2,818 people in the Communauté de communes Campagne-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.
