Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay hold up well (A): 1.8 jobs per working resident; 10.4% unemployment. School results trail most towns: bac results 4.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,450/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Neuville-sur-Oise 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 Neuville-sur-Oise 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 Neuville-sur-Oise.
Schools
Schools around Neuville-sur-Oise do less well than those of 96% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Neuville-sur-Oise is 79.1%, below Val-d'Oise’s towns (82.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 73% passed the bac pro, of 636 candidates at 6 lycées. Collège pupils travel 1 mi to the nearest one.
91%passed the bac (general and technological)D−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
Neuville-sur-Oise’s grade for cost of living: a D−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €17.76/m² a month, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,450/m², comes from 51 sales of houses and apartments in Neuville-sur-Oise from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €15.31/m² a month.
€3,450/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Neuville-sur-Oise€3,450/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,541/m²
44
€17.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.20 to €20.75/m² a month)
9.4
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
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Neuville-sur-Oise run below what its ages would predict: 66 per 100 expected, fewer than in Val-d'Oise’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 335 residents of Neuville-sur-Oise died, against 265 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. At birth, a girl in Val-d'Oise can expect 85.9 years and a boy 81.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Neuville-sur-Oise is Hopital Novo site Pontoise, 3.7 mi away.
−34%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted66
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Neuville-sur-Oise · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Novo site Pontoise
3.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Novo site Pontoise
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
51.6% of commuters in Neuville-sur-Oise go to work without a car, more than in Val-d'Oise’s towns and across compared French towns
The median disposable income was €35,300 a year per consumption unit, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970). 2.5% of Neuville-sur-Oise’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stands at 10.4%.
52%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport46%
Driving45%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,700
jobs based in Neuville-sur-Oise, 1.8 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€35,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Neuville-sur-Oise keeps more of its old housing than Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 11% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century. Neuville-sur-Oise has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Neuville-sur-Oise hold a degree than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 55%
Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 21%, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town.
39.5median age
Neuville-sur-OiseVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma8%
CAP or BEP14%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education55%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% 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
Neuville-sur-Oise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
With 1,700 jobs for 950 working residents, Neuville-sur-Oise draws people in from neighbouring communes. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5 violent offenses and 13.4 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie recorded 34 offenses here in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was theft from vehicles (2025).
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles12
Criminal damage12
Burglary10
Theft without violence45
Fraud8
Drug use7
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.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
34
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
30.4%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 30.4% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Neuville-sur-Oise
Is Neuville-sur-Oise safe?
Neuville-sur-Oise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Neuville-sur-Oise good?
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. 88% of 306 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Alfred Kastler 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 Neuville-sur-Oise expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,450/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Neuville-sur-Oise grades D− for cost of living.
About Neuville-sur-Oise
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Neuville-sur-Oise is a commune of 2,058 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.