Prices are high against local incomes (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Cachan’s overall grade is C, better than 34% of compared French towns. It ranks #22 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. School results trail most towns: bac results 0.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.9 points below the expected rate. Where it does best is walkability — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 67% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for safety and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Cachan 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 Cachan.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Getting about on foot is easier in Cachan than in 100% of compared French towns
Jobs based in Cachan number 8,000, against 13,750 residents in work (0.6 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,610 a year. Unemployment stood at 12.6%, higher than both Val-de-Marne’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
67%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport51%
Driving27%
On foot9%
Bicycle7%
Motorbike or scooter3%
8,000
jobs based in Cachan, 0.6 per working resident
12.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,610
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 almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
Renting in Cachan costs more than in Val-de-Marne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €23.30/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €5,058/m², above both Val-de-Marne’s towns (€4,010/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). In Cachan, houses go for €5,745/m² and apartments for €4,940/m². Houses made up a fifth of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€5,058/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cachan€5,058/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-de-Marne median€4,010/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,745/m²
144
Apartments
€4,940/m²
588
€23.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€19.17 to €28.32/m² a month)
12.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€22.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole du Grand Paris
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Cachan has a lower adjusted death rate than 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Cachan come to 77 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 2,430 residents of Cachan died, against 2,454 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Val-de-Marne is 86.7 years for women and 82.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Cachan can choose among 17 GPs.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
17
GPs in Cachan · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghu Ap Hp Universite Paris Saclay site Kremlin Bicetre
1.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghu Ap Hp Universite Paris Saclay site Kremlin Bicetre
86.7 · 82.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-de-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Cachan skews young, with 19% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Val-de-Marne’s towns or compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, about level with Val-de-Marne’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 53% of adults. Ages in Cachan split evenly at 34.9: half are older, half younger.
34.9median age
CachanVal-de-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
19%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP12%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education53%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-de-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Schools around Cachan do less well than those of 70% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 81% of 1,875 candidates passed at the 25 vocational lycées within 5 km. At the lycées within 5 km of Cachan, 92.1% passed the bac, in line with Val-de-Marne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #20 of 47 in Val-de-Marne.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Cachan: 5 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Cachan is Maison Renaissance (ancien Fief des Arcs). Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Before 1919: that is when 2.3% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Cachan has more crime per resident than 58% of compared French towns
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 16. All told, Cachan had 700 recorded offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage202
Family violence112
Burglary107
Vehicle theft79
Other physical violence74
Theft from vehicles69
Sexual violence57
Fraud278
Theft without violence264
Drug use160
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.
7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
700
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cachan
Is Cachan safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #16 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 107 burglaries and 202 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cachan good?
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #20 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. 90% of 489 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de Cachan in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cachan expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cachan grades D− for cost of living.
About Cachan
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Cachan is a commune of 31,103 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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.
