Joigny grades D overall: better than 13% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 15.5 recorded violent incidents and 27 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,235/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Jovinien. Its strongest is walkability (A): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% 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 Joigny 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 Joigny.
Safety
Joigny records more crime per resident than 97% of compared French towns
Jobs outnumber working residents in Joigny (4,950 to 2,900): it draws people in from around. On the Safety Grade, Joigny ranks 18th of the 19 compared towns in Yonne. 2025 saw 483 offenses recorded locally. More of the graded crimes here were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025).
15.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles148
Criminal damage109
Family violence59
Other physical violence58
Sexual violence44
Burglary38
Vehicle theft27
Theft without violence97
Fraud68
Drug use49
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.
15.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
483
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1995, and 19 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Scaled to its population, that is 21 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Joigny. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1995. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Jean.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Joigny, 17.7%, runs above Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €20,070 a year. At the census, 25.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
On foot13%
Public transport10%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
4,950
jobs based in Joigny, 1.7 per working resident
17.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Adjusted for age and care homes, Joigny sees more deaths than 86% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Joigny records 104 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,359 residents of Joigny died, against 1,122 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% more. In Yonne, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 11 GPs practise here.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw121
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Joigny · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Joigny
14 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Auxerre
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Joigny is graded a B+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Joigny goes for €1,349/m², an apartment for €960/m². The median price, €1,235/m², comes from 276 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.29/m² a month, about level with Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,235/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Joigny€1,235/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,349/m²
208
Apartments
€960/m²
68
€10.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.25 to €12.85/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Jovinien
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Joigny are under 15, more than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, between Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Joigny is older than 43.4, half younger.
43.4median age
JoignyYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Marcel Aymé: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Madeleine-Sophie Barat: Enrico Quatrini, Public domain · Guillaume Auger: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jacques-Philippe Ferrand: Antoine Ferrand de Monthelon (1686-1752) (Attribué à), Public domain · Melchior de Polignac: Agence Rol, Public domain · Arnaud Chassery: LucasQuentinJeremyRenault, CC BY-SA 4.0
Joigny’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 Joigny
Is Joigny safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 38 burglaries and 109 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Joigny good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #14 of 18 in Yonne. 92% of 291 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Davier 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 Joigny expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,235/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Joigny grades B+ for cost of living.
About Joigny
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Joigny is a commune of 9,016 people in the Communauté de communes du Jovinien. 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.
