Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 29,518: a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
More weak spots than strong ones. Its weakest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is easy to get around without a car: 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,892/m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Métropole Rouen Normandie. All told, that adds up to a D overall and a rank of #65 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Set against the rest, it does better than 7% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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.
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 Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien manoir de la Chapelle, in Oissel-sur-Seine, 2 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
At the census, 24.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (14.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray has 16,400 jobs for 9,900 working residents, 1.7 per worker. After tax and benefits, the median income is €20,740 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray can choose among 20 GPs. Women in Seine-Maritime live to 84.7 on average and men to 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2,711 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,268: 20% above.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, 86.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #54 of 75 in Seine-Maritime on results. At the seven general lycées, 91% of 1,633 candidates passed the bac, 2.9 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louise MichelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 85%±0 pts |
| Lycée Les BruyèresNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 301 | 87%−4 pts |
| Collège Paul ÉluardBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 84 | 93%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 821 offenses in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 8.8 cases of violence against people and 19.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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.
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.
The share of residents under 15 is 21%. 18% of residents are 65 or over, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. At 37, the median resident of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray sell for €902/m², houses for €2,024/m². 751 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,892/m². Among the homes sold, 79% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,024/m² | 595 |
| Apartments | €902/m² | 156 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. Best known first.
GardenJardin des plantes de Rouen3.8 km north, in Rouen
MuseumMusée Pierre-Corneille4.9 km west, in Petit-CouronneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Belbeuf3.5 km east, in BelbeufMuseumMuseumMusée du patrimoine des écoles3.2 km northeast, in Amfreville-la-Mi-VoieMuseumMuseumMaison des Arts3.4 km northwest, in Le Grand-QuevillyMuseumMuseumFonds régional d'art contemporain Normandie Rouen3.5 km north, in Sotteville-lès-RouenPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
2 notable people were born in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray is a commune of 29,518 people in the Métropole Rouen Normandie. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray | 29,518 | — | D | C+ | C− | D |
| Sotteville-lès-Rouen | 29,003 | 1.6 | D | C | D | C− |
| Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie | 3,265 | 2 | C | C | A− | D |
| Le Grand-Quevilly | 25,789 | 2.2 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Petit-Couronne | 8,683 | 2.6 | D | C+ | D | B |
| Oissel-sur-Seine | 12,317 | 2.7 | D | B− | C− | D |
| Le Petit-Quevilly | 22,208 | 2.7 | D− | C+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #43 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 53 burglaries and 362 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #54 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,892/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.97/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray grades C+ for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.