The data are hard on it. Its lowest grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is easy to get around without a car: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 45% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #30 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. That leaves it better than nearly a fifth of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Thiais 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 Thiais.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
44.7% of commuters in Thiais walk, cycle or ride, against 55.6% in Val-de-Marne’s towns and 13.4% in compared French towns
The jobless rate is 11.8%. Thiais has 11,550 jobs for 15,150 working residents, 0.8 per worker. The median disposable income was €27,470 a year per consumption unit, about level with Val-de-Marne’s towns (€27,315) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
45%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving50%
Public transport38%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle2%
11,550
jobs based in Thiais, 0.8 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,470
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 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
The median sale price of homes in Thiais is €3,839/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €19.73/m² a month, about level with Val-de-Marne’s towns (€20.46/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Thiais sell for €3,615/m², houses for €4,439/m². The sales split: 22% houses, the rest apartments.
€3,839/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Thiais€3,839/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-de-Marne median€4,010/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,439/m²
191
Apartments
€3,615/m²
685
€19.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€16.18 to €24.06/m² a month)
9.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.97/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
Schools
79.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the 38 collèges within 5 km, 1.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Thiais, 88.3% passed the bac, below both Val-de-Marne’s towns (91.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #42 of 47 in Val-de-Marne on results.
92%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A younger town: only 15% of residents are 65 or over
12% of the population is aged 15 to 24, between Val-de-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. Graduates make up just over two in five adults.
37.6median age
ThiaisVal-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 diploma19%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education41%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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
Safety
Crime per resident in Thiais runs higher than in 79% of compared French towns
Graded property crimes ran at 20.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 9.1 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 922 offenses in Thiais in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
9.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage333
Family violence148
Theft from vehicles121
Vehicle theft95
Other physical violence94
Burglary78
Sexual violence53
Theft without violence856
Fraud258
Drug use73
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.
9.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
922
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A−
Thiais’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Thiais records 79 deaths per 100 expected, close to Val-de-Marne’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,241 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,943, 13% fewer. At birth, a girl in Val-de-Marne can expect 86.7 years and a boy 82.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
15
GPs in Thiais · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique du Sud
1.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de Vitry site Pasteur
86.7 · 82.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-de-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Thiais
Is Thiais safe?
It grades C− for safety, #36 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 78 burglaries and 333 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Thiais good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #42 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. The lycée stands out: 94% of 451 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Guillaume Apollinaire in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Thiais expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Thiais grades D− for cost of living.
About Thiais
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Thiais is a commune of 32,918 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.
