Les Mureaux’s overall grade, C+, puts it better than 36% of compared French towns. That places it #66 of 91 in Yvelines. It lags on cost of living as well: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its strong suit (A+): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 46% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B− for schools and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Les Mureaux 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.
Terrains avec dolmen: Photo: Jc.boga · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Mureaux.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Les Mureaux are out of work than in Yvelines’ towns or across compared French towns: 19.1%
46%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €19,800 a year per consumption unit, below Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 45.5% of commuters got to work without a car.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving52%
Public transport37%
On foot8%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
12,800
jobs based in Les Mureaux, 1.1 per working resident
19.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 25% of Les Mureaux, above Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
34.3median age
13% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents. Among adults, 23% have a degree.
Les MureauxYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma36%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C−
The estimated advertised rent in Les Mureaux is €16.34/m² a month, against €18.40/m² in Yvelines’ towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€2,360/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €2,360/m², about level with compared French towns (€2,430/m²) and below Yvelines’ towns (€3,717/m²). Les Mureaux is the second cheapest of the 95 towns in Yvelines, at €2,360/m². A house in Les Mureaux goes for €2,778/m², an apartment for €1,875/m².
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Les Mureaux€2,360/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,778/m²
221
Apartments
€1,875/m²
260
€16.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.71 to €19.47/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Les Mureaux has 1 historic monument, the oldest from prehistory
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 2.3% of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Les Mureaux is Terrains avec dolmen. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Per resident, Les Mureaux sees less crime than 55% of compared French towns
8.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Of the graded crimes in Les Mureaux, criminal damage came up most often (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 8.4 violent offenses and 12 graded property crimes a year. In 2025, 665 offenses were recorded in the town.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage225
Family violence137
Other physical violence115
Vehicle theft68
Theft from vehicles47
Sexual violence38
Burglary35
Drug use388
Fraud176
Theft without violence158
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.
8.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
665
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, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
79.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the 10 collèges within 5 km, 5.4 points below the expected rate
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Les Mureaux, 95.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #25 of 94 in Yvelines on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Les Mureaux records 88 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 76 in Yvelines’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Yvelines live to 86.8 on average and men to 82.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,999 deaths in Les Mureaux from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,806, 10% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Les Mureaux is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Meulan les Mureaux, 1.1 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw90
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Les Mureaux · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Meulan les Mureaux
1.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Meulan les Mureaux
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Les Mureaux is a commune of 34,632 people in the Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise. 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
34,632 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Département
Yvelines (78)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.4 km²)
INSEE code
78440
Les Mureaux’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 Les Mureaux
Is Les Mureaux safe?
It grades B for safety, #48 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 225 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Les Mureaux good?
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #25 of 94 in Yvelines. 94% of 361 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François Villon in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Les Mureaux expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Les Mureaux grades C− 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.
