Plenty to like here, at a price. It does especially well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Le Pecq earns an A: better than 90% of compared French towns, and #4 of 91 in Yvelines. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 49% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 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 Le Pecq 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 Le Pecq.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
More commuters in Le Pecq walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: 49.5%
Le Pecq holds 3,850 jobs; 7,250 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. The median disposable income was €35,280 a year per consumption unit, above Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. The unemployment rate comes to 7.2%.
49%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving44%
Public transport42%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
3,850
jobs based in Le Pecq, 0.5 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€35,280
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 almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Le Pecq costs more than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €21.66/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €4,491/m², higher than both Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The split in Le Pecq: €6,309/m² for houses, €4,176/m² for apartments. The town recorded 506 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€4,491/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Pecq€4,491/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€6,309/m²
110
Apartments
€4,176/m²
396
€21.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€17.36 to €27.03/m² a month)
9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€22.99/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
HealthHealth A
Le Pecq loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 71 per 100 expected, below Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Le Pecq. 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, 1,312 residents of Le Pecq died, against 1,692 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw78
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Le Pecq · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Prive de L Europe
0.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Germain
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
For crime per resident, Le Pecq sits below 76% of compared French towns
2025 saw 238 offenses recorded in Le Pecq. Graded property crimes ran at 11.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.6 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
4.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage90
Burglary43
Family violence32
Sexual violence24
Other physical violence20
Vehicle theft17
Theft from vehicles12
Fraud89
Theft without violence50
Drug use31
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.
4.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
238
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
93.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the 20 collèges within 5 km, 2.5 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 Le Pecq, 97.6% passed the bac, above Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Ranked by results, schools here are #3 of 94 in Yvelines.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Le Pecq is a graduates’ town: 59% hold a degree, more than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns
20% are under 15, close to Yvelines’ towns (20%) and above compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 19% of the population. Half of Le Pecq is older than 42.5, half younger.
42.5median age
Le PecqYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP12%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education59%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
4 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2005
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 3% of the total, lower than both Yvelines’ towns (5.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2005.
4historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit4
18th c.
oldest protected part
1965
first monument protected
2005
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Pecq
Is Le Pecq safe?
It grades A− for safety, #15 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 43 burglaries and 90 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Pecq good?
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns and #3 of 94 in Yvelines. 99% of 399 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jeanne d'Albret in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Pecq expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Pecq grades D for cost of living.
About Le Pecq
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Le Pecq is a commune of 16,059 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
16,059 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Saint Germain Boucles de Seine
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.
