With a B+ overall, Carrières-sur-Seine is better than 70% of compared French towns and ranks #33 of 91 in Yvelines. Residents are healthier than most (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add walkability to its strengths: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 57% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The catch is cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Carrières-sur-Seine 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.
Immeuble dit L'Abbaye: Photo: Louistisserand · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carrières-sur-Seine.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Incomes in Carrières-sur-Seine run higher than in both Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns: a median €37,270 a year per consumption unit
57%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs located in Carrières-sur-Seine: 4,150, for 7,250 residents in work (0.6 each). No commute at all: 4.0% of working residents locally at the census. Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport48%
Driving35%
On foot5%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter4%
4,150
jobs based in Carrières-sur-Seine, 0.6 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€37,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
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
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Carrières-sur-Seine sees fewer deaths than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: 62 per 100 expected
−38%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Yvelines, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.8 years for women and 82.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 649 residents of Carrières-sur-Seine died, against 950 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer. 9 GPs practise in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw68
Adjusted62
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Carrières-sur-Seine · 1.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Nanterre Hop Max Fourestier
2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Nanterre Hop Max Fourestier
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Carrières-sur-Seine costs more than in both Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €20.90/m² a month
€5,082/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €5,500/m² in Carrières-sur-Seine, apartments for €4,749/m². Homes sold for a median €5,082/m², above both Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). This Yvelines town recorded 409 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Carrières-sur-Seine€5,082/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,500/m²
195
Apartments
€4,749/m²
214
€20.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€17.44 to €25.05/m² a month)
10.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€18.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€34,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saint Germain Boucles de Seine
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Carrières-sur-Seine is a graduates’ town: 58% hold a degree, more than in both Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
38.7median age
People aged 15 to 24 make up 14% of the town. 13% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Yvelines’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 20%.
Carrières-sur-SeineYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP12%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education58%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Carrières-sur-Seine than in 73% of compared French towns
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
The commonest graded crime in Carrières-sur-Seine was criminal damage (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5 violent offenses and 11.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The 2025 count: 203 offenses in the town.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage67
Family violence35
Burglary32
Other physical violence30
Theft from vehicles17
Sexual violence13
Vehicle theft9
Fraud78
Theft without violence66
Drug use32
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.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
203
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
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, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Carrières-sur-Seine has 1 historic monument, none of them classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Carrières-sur-Seine; none is classé, France’s top protection. 4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
1940
first monument protected
2000
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Carrières-sur-Seine is a commune of 14,791 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint Germain Boucles de Seine. 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
14,791 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Saint Germain Boucles de Seine
Département
Yvelines (78)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
2 sq mi (5.1 km²)
INSEE code
78124
Carrières-sur-Seine’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 Carrières-sur-Seine
Is Carrières-sur-Seine safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #19 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 67 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Carrières-sur-Seine good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #57 of 94 in Yvelines. The lycée stands out: 99% of 422 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Les Pierres Vives in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Carrières-sur-Seine expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Carrières-sur-Seine 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.
