It also does well on walkability (A−): nearly three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: bac results 6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Nesles-la-Vallée has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Nesles-la-Vallée 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 Nesles-la-Vallée.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Nesles-la-Vallée is better off than Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €34,250 a year per consumption unit
6.7% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 13.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%).
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Public transport10%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Nesles-la-Vallée, 0.4 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€34,250
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 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Nesles-la-Vallée costs an estimated advertised €15.96/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.
Homes sold for a median €3,532/m², above Val-d'Oise’s towns (€3,266/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 75 homes in Nesles-la-Vallée. Houses were 96% of what sold.
€3,532/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Nesles-la-Vallée€3,532/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,570/m²
72
€15.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.25 to €19.23/m² a month)
7.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€32,960
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sausseron Impressionnistes
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Nesles-la-Vallée sees 93 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Val-d'Oise’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
138 deaths in Nesles-la-Vallée between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 148: 7% below. Women in Val-d'Oise live to 85.9 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 2 family doctors.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Nesles-la-Vallée · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Novo site Beaumont Ex Carnelle Porte de L Oise
2.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Conti
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Nesles-la-Vallée: 31% were built before 1919, more than in Val-d'Oise’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Nesles-la-Vallée has 27 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above Val-d'Oise’s towns (1.1) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Among the classé monuments here is Polissoir de la forêt du Lay. It has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Nesles-la-Vallée than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or across compared French towns: 51% of adults
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 17% of residents. The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents.
47.1median age
Nesles-la-ValléeVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education51%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Nesles-la-Vallée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4 violent offenses and 11.7 graded property crimes a year. Over 2025, Nesles-la-Vallée logged 22 recorded offenses. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Nesles-la-Vallée (2025).
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Theft from vehicles7
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud8
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
43.5%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 43.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Manoir de Nesles-la-Vallée and 7 more in and around Nesles-la-Vallée
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Nesles-la-Vallée. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Nesles-la-Vallée
Is Nesles-la-Vallée safe?
Nesles-la-Vallée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Nesles-la-Vallée good?
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Nesles-la-Vallée expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nesles-la-Vallée grades C− for cost of living.
About Nesles-la-Vallée
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Nesles-la-Vallée is a commune of 1,842 people in the Communauté de communes Sausseron Impressionnistes. 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.
