Jouy-en-Josas grades B+ overall: better than 73% of compared French towns, and #29 of 91 in Yvelines. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 36% 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 Jouy-en-Josas 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 Jouy-en-Josas.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Jouy-en-Josas run higher than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: a median €40,770 a year per consumption unit
For Jouy-en-Josas, that is above both Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jouy-en-Josas has 3,950 jobs for 3,300 working residents, 1.2 per worker.
36%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving56%
Public transport26%
On foot5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
3,950
jobs based in Jouy-en-Josas, 1.2 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€40,770
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 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Jouy-en-Josas than in Yvelines’ towns or across compared French towns: €22.30/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Jouy-en-Josas sits above both Yvelines’ towns (€18.40/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €4,254/m², comes from 169 sales of houses and apartments in Jouy-en-Josas from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Jouy-en-Josas sell for €5,628/m² and apartments for €3,903/m².
€4,254/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Jouy-en-Josas€4,254/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,628/m²
66
Apartments
€3,903/m²
103
€22.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€18.63 to €26.69/m² a month)
8.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€18.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€35,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Jouy-en-Josas’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 83% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Jouy-en-Josas’ deaths ran at 75 per 100 expected, close to Yvelines’ towns (76) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 588 residents of Jouy-en-Josas died, against 688 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Jouy-en-Josas · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive de Versailles Franciscaines
2.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de Versailles Franciscaines
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Jouy-en-Josas has less crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 139 offenses in the graded categories in Jouy-en-Josas in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.3% of the index here.
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage44
Burglary43
Family violence17
Vehicle theft11
Sexual violence9
Theft from vehicles9
Other physical violence6
Fraud61
Theft without violence20
Drug use17
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
139
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Jouy-en-Josas
Is Jouy-en-Josas safe?
It grades B for safety, #37 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 43 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Jouy-en-Josas good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #33 of 94 in Yvelines. 100% of 168 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Franco-Allemand in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Jouy-en-Josas expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,254/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Jouy-en-Josas grades D for cost of living.
About Jouy-en-Josas
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Jouy-en-Josas is a commune of 7,981 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP). 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
7,981 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP)
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.
