Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Where it does best is walkability (A+) — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 69% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add jobs & income to its strengths — 1.1 jobs per working resident; 9.2% unemployment. The trade-off is cost of living (D−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 18.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes a B, good for #5 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. That leaves it better than 60% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for safety and C+ for schools.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Charenton-le-Pont 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.
Château de Bercy (ancien): Photo: Joseph-Antoine Froelicher · Public domain · Château de Conflans (ancien): Photo: Khris78 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charenton-le-Pont.
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Charenton-le-Pont cost more than in Val-de-Marne’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €7,407/m²
€7,407/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €27.20/m² a month, above both Val-de-Marne’s towns (€20.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €23.09/m² a month. Also worth knowing: 993 houses and apartments changed hands in Charenton-le-Pont from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Charenton-le-Pont€7,407/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-de-Marne median€4,010/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Apartments
€7,397/m²
974
€27.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€22.19 to €33.34/m² a month)
18.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€23.09/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
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Charenton-le-Pont is better off than Val-de-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €34,140 a year per consumption unit
69%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 9.2%, below both Val-de-Marne’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 55.2% of Charenton-le-Pont’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport55%
Driving23%
On foot7%
Bicycle7%
Motorbike or scooter4%
14,850
jobs based in Charenton-le-Pont, 1.1 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€34,140
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
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in Charenton-le-Pont run below what its ages would predict: 75 per 100 expected, fewer than Val-de-Marne’s towns or compared French towns
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Val-de-Marne: 86.7 years for women, 82.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,313 deaths in Charenton-le-Pont from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,831, 21% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Charenton-le-Pont is Ghu Aphp Sorbonne Universite site Trousseau, 1.4 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
22
GPs in Charenton-le-Pont · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghu Aphp Sorbonne Universite site Trousseau
0.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Les Hopitaux de Saint Maurice Rgpt Esquirol St Maurice
86.7 · 82.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-de-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Charenton-le-Pont hold a degree than in Val-de-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 59%
39.2median age
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 12% of residents. Children under 15 make up 17%, below Val-de-Marne’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 18% of the population.
Charenton-le-PontVal-de-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP10%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education59%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. 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
History
Charenton-le-Pont: 3 historic monuments, 2 classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Charenton-le-Pont has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Pavillon d'Antoine de Navarre. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 9.2% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
More crime per resident in Charenton-le-Pont than in 57% of compared French towns
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Violence against people averaged 6.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 16.7. Police and gendarmerie recorded 608 offenses in Charenton-le-Pont in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage264
Family violence87
Burglary76
Other physical violence63
Theft from vehicles49
Vehicle theft46
Sexual violence23
Theft without violence364
Fraud240
Drug use150
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.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
608
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.
Schools
88.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the 91 collèges within 5 km, 1.7 points below the expected rate
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #4 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. At the lycées within 5 km of Charenton-le-Pont, 92.4% passed the bac, about level with both Val-de-Marne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
Jean-Pierre Jarier: Panini, Public domain · Jean-Pierre Blanc: Harald Bischoff, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Alain Lipietz: Manuel, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Évelyne Bouix: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lola Doillon: Vincent Courtois, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Alice Sombath: Zz42, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Charenton-le-Pont
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Charenton-le-Pont is a commune of 28,830 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
Population
28,830 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole du Grand Paris
Département
Val-de-Marne (94)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
0.7 sq mi (1.9 km²)
INSEE code
94018
Charenton-le-Pont’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Charenton-le-Pont
Is Charenton-le-Pont safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #15 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 76 burglaries and 264 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Charenton-le-Pont good?
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #4 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. 100% of 159 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame des Missions St Pierre in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Charenton-le-Pont expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Charenton-le-Pont grades D− for cost of living.
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.
