Écouen grades C overall: better than 26% of compared French towns, and #30 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 36% 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 Écouen 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 Écouen.
HousingCost of living D−
The median sale price of homes in Écouen is €3,167/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 211 sales of houses and apartments in Écouen from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,266/m² for the median of compared towns in Val-d'Oise.
€3,167/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Écouen€3,167/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,727/m²
97
Apartments
€2,724/m²
114
€18.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.45 to €20.97/m² a month)
9.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Écouen has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
36.3% of Écouen’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 59% drove.
36%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving59%
Public transport31%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,750
jobs based in Écouen, 0.5 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,800
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 95% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A younger town: only 14% of residents are 65 or over
12% of residents are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over, against 12% and 15% in the median compared commune of Val-d'Oise. 37% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Val-d'Oise 38%, France 30%).
39median age
ÉcouenVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Écouen’s ages would predict, 78 per 100 expected, under Val-d'Oise’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Écouen sits below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 335 residents of Écouen died, against 399 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Écouen · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Nord Parisien
3.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Nord Parisien
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Écouen has more crime per resident than 66% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 198 offenses in the graded categories in Écouen 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, 0.9% of the index here.
8.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage54
Other physical violence32
Family violence27
Vehicle theft25
Sexual violence24
Theft from vehicles19
Burglary17
Fraud40
Drug use38
Theft without violence36
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.
8.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
198
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Église Saint-Acceul: Photo: Reinhardhauke · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort d'Ecouen: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grange dîmière: Photo: N Tcheng · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine du Château d'Ecouen, actuellement musée de la Renaissance: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Écouen
Is Écouen safe?
It grades C for safety, #36 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 54 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Écouen good?
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #45 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 92% of 413 candidates passed the bac at Lycée George Sand 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 Écouen expensive to live in?
By type: houses €3,727/m² (97 sales), apartments €2,724/m² (114 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €18.00/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Écouen grades D− for cost of living.
About Écouen
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Écouen is a commune of 7,202 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France. 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.
