Menucourt grades C− overall: better than 22% of compared French towns, and #35 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,071/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise. Its strongest is walkability (A): 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% 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 Menucourt 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
HousingCost of living D
Menucourt gets a D for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.48/m² a month, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,071/m², comes from 173 sales of houses and apartments in Menucourt from July 2023 to June 2026.
€3,071/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Menucourt€3,071/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,075/m²
135
Apartments
€3,061/m²
38
€17.48/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.69 to €20.79/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,700
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
On foot, Menucourt works better than 92% of compared French towns
25.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) but above compared French towns (13.4%). Menucourt has 950 jobs for 2,750 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 8.4% of the labour force are out of work.
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
Public transport21%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
950
jobs based in Menucourt, 0.3 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,240
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 92% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Menucourt records less crime per resident than 79% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 84 offenses in the graded categories in Menucourt in 2025. Menucourt comes 2nd of the 73 compared towns in Val-d'Oise on the Safety Grade. For armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 6.4% of the index here.
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Vehicle theft20
Criminal damage17
Family violence14
Sexual violence13
Burglary12
Other physical violence8
Fraud30
Theft without violence17
Drug use10
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.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
84
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Menucourt’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 75% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Menucourt records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 312 residents of Menucourt died, against 318 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Menucourt · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Meulan les Mureaux
3.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Meulan les Mureaux
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Menucourt
Is Menucourt safe?
It grades A− for safety, #2 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Menucourt good?
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. 95% of 409 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Camille Claudel in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Menucourt expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,071/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,075/m² (135 sales), apartments €3,061/m² (38 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Menucourt grades D for cost of living.
About Menucourt
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Menucourt is a commune of 6,184 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise. 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.