Luzarches grades C− overall: better than 17% of compared French towns, and #45 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.2 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,421/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Carnelle Pays-de-France. Its strongest is walkability (A): 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% 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 Luzarches 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+
Incomes in Luzarches run higher than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: a median €31,590 a year per consumption unit
For Luzarches, that is above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 21.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Luzarches has 1,150 jobs for 2,300 working residents, 0.5 per worker.
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
Public transport17%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
1,150
jobs based in Luzarches, 0.5 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Luzarches: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Luzarches sits above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (4.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. Luzarches has 10 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Luzarches: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C−
Luzarches’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 84% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Luzarches’ deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 411 residents of Luzarches died, against 398 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Luzarches · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Novo site Beaumont Ex Carnelle Porte de L Oise
6.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Novo site Beaumont Ex Carnelle Porte de L Oise
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Luzarches costs an estimated advertised €16.33/m² a month, against €18.09/m² in Val-d'Oise’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,421/m², close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (€3,266/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Luzarches sell for €3,524/m² and apartments for €3,162/m².
€3,421/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Luzarches€3,421/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,524/m²
111
Apartments
€3,162/m²
57
€16.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.50 to €19.76/m² a month)
7.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,540
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Carnelle Pays-de-France
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A younger town: only 17% of residents are 65 or over
13% of residents are 15 to 24 and 17% are 65 or over, against 12% and 15% in the median compared commune of Val-d'Oise. 38% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Val-d'Oise 38%, France 30%).
40.7median age
LuzarchesVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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
Safety
Luzarches has more crime per resident than 57% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 126 offenses in the graded categories in Luzarches 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, 2.3% of the index here.
7.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage32
Vehicle theft26
Burglary18
Sexual violence15
Other physical violence13
Theft from vehicles13
Family violence9
Fraud30
Theft without violence29
Drug use9
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.
7.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
126
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Luzarches
Is Luzarches safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #28 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Luzarches good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns and #64 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Luzarches expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Luzarches grades C− for cost of living.
About Luzarches
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Luzarches is a commune of 5,008 people in the Communauté de communes Carnelle 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.
