Vauréal grades C− overall: better than 20% of compared French towns, and #37 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8.4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,538/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.6 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+): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 35% 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 Vauréal 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−
Vauréal 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 €17.78/m² a month, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,538/m², comes from 401 sales of houses and apartments in Vauréal from July 2023 to June 2026. In Vauréal, houses go for €3,374/m² and apartments for €3,695/m².
€3,538/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vauréal€3,538/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,374/m²
242
Apartments
€3,695/m²
159
€17.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.68 to €20.15/m² a month)
9.6
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 C
On foot, Vauréal works better than 96% of compared French towns
At the census, 34.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). Vauréal has 2,050 jobs for 7,400 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
35%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving61%
Public transport30%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,050
jobs based in Vauréal, 0.3 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,160
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 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Vauréal has less crime per resident than 63% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 281 offenses in the graded categories in Vauréal 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, 0.5% of the index here.
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage95
Family violence45
Vehicle theft42
Burglary34
Theft from vehicles27
Other physical violence20
Sexual violence18
Fraud74
Drug use52
Theft without violence43
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
281
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
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
History
3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Vauréal: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). 2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Vauréal’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 511 residents of Vauréal died, against 593 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. 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.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Vauréal · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Prive Sainte Marie Osny
4.2 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vauréal
Is Vauréal safe?
It grades B for safety, #8 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 95 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vauréal good?
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns and #73 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 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 Vauréal expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,538/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vauréal grades D− for cost of living.
About Vauréal
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Vauréal is a commune of 16,079 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.
