Gonesse grades D− overall: behind almost every compared French town. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.5 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 43% 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 Gonesse 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 Gonesse.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Incomes in Gonesse run lower than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: a median €20,810 a year per consumption unit
On this, Gonesse is below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970). 12.7% of the labour force are out of work. Gonesse has 16,700 jobs for 11,450 working residents, 1.5 per worker.
43%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving55%
Public transport36%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
16,700
jobs based in Gonesse, 1.5 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
The median sale price of homes in Gonesse is €3,041/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 410 sales of houses and apartments in Gonesse 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.
€3,041/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gonesse€3,041/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,180/m²
179
Apartments
€2,889/m²
231
€18.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.08 to €22.25/m² a month)
9.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€18.00/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Gonesse records more crime per resident than 91% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 898 offenses in the graded categories in Gonesse in 2025. Violence against people ran at 11.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 23.9 (2023–2025 average). 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, 0.2% of the index here.
11.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage317
Family violence152
Other physical violence137
Theft from vehicles132
Vehicle theft85
Sexual violence40
Burglary35
Drug use369
Theft without violence292
Fraud207
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.
11.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
898
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Gonesse’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 86% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Gonesse records 105 deaths per 100 expected, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,896 residents of Gonesse died, against 1,590 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
13
GPs in Gonesse · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier General de Gonesse
1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier General de Gonesse
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 Gonesse: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). 1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Axel Disasi: Ksiamon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Aboubakar Kamara: Nick from Bristol, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Mohamed Fofana: Lucio fr – Luc-Éric Manneville, CC BY 3.0 · Louis Labeyrie: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gonesse’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 Gonesse
Is Gonesse safe?
It grades D for safety, #69 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 317 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gonesse good?
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #46 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 87% of 491 candidates passed the bac at Lycée René Cassin in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gonesse expensive to live in?
By type: houses €3,180/m² (179 sales), apartments €2,889/m² (231 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €18.32/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Gonesse grades D− for cost of living.
About Gonesse
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Gonesse is a commune of 27,707 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.
