Housing is within reach: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is safety — an average of 26.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Joux-la-Ville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Joux-la-Ville 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 Joux-la-Ville.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Joux-la-Ville costs less than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.67/m² a month
€8.67/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Joux-la-Ville: 21 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Joux-la-Ville€8.67/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€8.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.15 to €10.50/m² a month)
€8.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,810
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Serein
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Joux-la-Ville than in 87% of compared French towns
26.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
All told, Joux-la-Ville had 19 recorded offenses in 2025. With 350 jobs for 300 working residents, Joux-la-Ville draws people in from neighbouring communes. In 2025, other physical violence led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence19
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud5
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.
26.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.0%
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 family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage, 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, 20.0% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
Who lives here
Children make up only 10% of Joux-la-Ville, fewer than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
42.7median age
14% of residents are 65 or over, below Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Degrees are held by 12% of adults.
Joux-la-VilleYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education12%
Women and men · all residents
32% women, 68% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 48 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
Joux-la-Ville has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Joux-la-Ville records 101 deaths per 100 expected, above both Yonne’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Joux-la-Ville died, against 72 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. The nearest emergency department to Joux-la-Ville is Ch Avallon, 9.2 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Yonne is 84.2 years for women and 78.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Joux-la-Ville · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Avallon
19 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
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Only 10.8% of commuters in Joux-la-Ville go to work without a car, fewer than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
11%walk, cycle or take transit
10.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €24,230 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 5.4% of working residents in Joux-la-Ville at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot9%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
350
jobs based in Joux-la-Ville, 1.3 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 55% of compared French towns
Joux-la-Ville is a commune of 1,175 people in the Communauté de communes du Serein. 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
1,175 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Serein
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
16.9 sq mi (43.7 km²)
INSEE code
89208
Joux-la-Ville’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
