Parmain grades C+ overall: better than 44% of compared French towns, and #9 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% 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 Parmain 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 Parmain.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Parmain is better off than Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €32,020 a year per consumption unit
On this, Parmain is above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€28,800) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 19.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Parmain has 650 jobs for 2,550 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
Public transport17%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Parmain, 0.3 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
The median sale price of homes in Parmain is €3,140/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 151 sales of houses and apartments in Parmain 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.
€3,140/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Parmain€3,140/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,133/m²
139
€17.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.52 to €21.02/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Oise et des Trois Forêts
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Parmain has less crime per resident than 66% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 100 offenses in the graded categories in Parmain in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence and 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, 5.9% of the index here.
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage41
Theft from vehicles20
Family violence15
Burglary13
Vehicle theft11
Fraud35
Theft without violence22
Drug use17
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
100
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.9%
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 B
Parmain’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 62% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 440 residents of Parmain died, against 421 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its care home for older people (81 places) counts its residents as Parmain’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Parmain · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Novo site Beaumont Ex Carnelle Porte de L Oise
1.7 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 Parmain: 12% 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.
Parmain sits above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (4.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Parmain: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Parmain is Hypogée à vestibule néolithique dit le Trou à morts.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Parmain
Is Parmain safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #5 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Parmain good?
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #5 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Parmain expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €17.47/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Parmain grades C− for cost of living.
About Parmain
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Parmain is a commune of 5,655 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Oise et des Trois Forêts. 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
Population
5,655 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Oise et des Trois Forêts
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.
