Eaubonne grades C+ overall: better than 36% of compared French towns, and #17 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 53% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Eaubonne 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 Eaubonne.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
52.6% of commuters in Eaubonne go to work without a car, more than in Val-d'Oise’s towns and compared French towns
For Eaubonne, that is above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €30,540 a year per consumption unit. Eaubonne has 8,150 jobs for 12,300 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
53%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport45%
Driving42%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
8,150
jobs based in Eaubonne, 0.7 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,540
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 almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
Renting in Eaubonne costs more than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €19.57/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Eaubonne sits above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €3,997/m², comes from 692 sales of houses and apartments in Eaubonne from July 2023 to June 2026. In Eaubonne, houses go for €4,517/m² and apartments for €3,335/m².
€3,997/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Eaubonne€3,997/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,517/m²
326
Apartments
€3,335/m²
366
€19.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€16.28 to €23.52/m² a month)
9.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Val Parisis
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Eaubonne’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 64% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,242 residents of Eaubonne died, against 2,381 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Its four care homes for older people (284 places) count their residents as Eaubonne’s; allowing for them, deaths were 17% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
20
GPs in Eaubonne · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupement hospitalier Eaubonne Montmorency Simone Veil
0.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupement hospitalier Eaubonne Montmorency Simone Veil
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Eaubonne: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). 4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Eaubonne has more crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 528 offenses in the graded categories in Eaubonne in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 0.3% of the index here.
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage141
Family violence102
Burglary80
Vehicle theft69
Other physical violence64
Theft from vehicles47
Sexual violence25
Theft without violence246
Fraud201
Drug use59
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
528
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Hôtel de Mézières (ancien) , dit Château Goguel ou ancienne mairie: Photo: Clicsouris · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Petit Château: Photo: BastienM · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pavillons de garde (deux): Photo: BastienM · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de la Chesnaye dit aussi de Meaux: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sébastien Lecornu: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain · Adrien Mattenet: C. Georgeval, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roland Schmitt: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Loris Gréaud: Gréaudstudio, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre Darriulat: CERN, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charlotte Brun: Marianne9559, CC BY-SA 4.0
Eaubonne’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 Eaubonne
Is Eaubonne safe?
It grades B− for safety, #20 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 80 burglaries and 141 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Eaubonne good?
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns and #24 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 92% of 314 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louis Armand in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Eaubonne expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,997/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Eaubonne grades D− for cost of living.
About Eaubonne
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Eaubonne is a commune of 26,211 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Val Parisis. 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.
