Plenty to like here, at a price. Households here earn well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 67% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking #34 of 91 in Yvelines. Set against the rest, it does better than 70% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · 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 Maisons-Laffitte 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 Maisons-Laffitte.
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Maisons-Laffitte cost more than in both Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €5,840/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €22.95/m² a month, higher than both Yvelines’ towns (€18.40/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in Maisons-Laffitte: €8,025/m² for houses, €5,455/m² for apartments. This Yvelines town recorded 853 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€5,840/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Maisons-Laffitte€5,840/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€8,025/m²
206
Apartments
€5,455/m²
647
€22.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€18.67 to €28.21/m² a month)
11.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€26.58/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
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Maisons-Laffitte run higher than in both Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns: a median €42,520 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 7.1%, lower than both Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, three fifths of working residents in Maisons-Laffitte went to work by public transport.
67%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport60%
Driving27%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
6,850
jobs based in Maisons-Laffitte, 0.6 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€42,520
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 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Maisons-Laffitte’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 85% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2,030 deaths in Maisons-Laffitte between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,328: 13% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Maisons-Laffitte come to 74 per 100 predicted. At birth, a girl in Yvelines can expect 86.8 years and a boy 82.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 20 general practitioners here.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
20
GPs in Maisons-Laffitte · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Plyclinique de Maisons Laffitte Ex Hopital des Courses
4.3 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
Maisons-Laffitte is rich in protected monuments: 9.5 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 18 of 22. Among the classé monuments in Maisons-Laffitte is Église (ancienne) ou chapelle de la Paix. On the Culture ministry’s list, Maisons-Laffitte counts 22 historic monuments: 8 classé at the top level of protection and 14 inscrit at the second. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Maisons-Laffitte is a graduates’ town: 66% hold a degree, more than in both Yvelines’ towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, above Yvelines’ towns (17%) but below compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. Half the people of Maisons-Laffitte are older than 41.6.
41.6median age
Maisons-LaffitteYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP9%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education66%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
Safety
Maisons-Laffitte has less crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
Of the graded crimes in Maisons-Laffitte, criminal damage came up most often (2025). 372 offenses were reported in Maisons-Laffitte during 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6 violent offenses and 13.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage133
Burglary63
Family violence61
Other physical violence44
Theft from vehicles26
Sexual violence25
Vehicle theft20
Theft without violence222
Fraud164
Drug use76
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.
6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
372
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
86.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the 18 collèges within 5 km, 3.3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #33 of 94 in Yvelines.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Église (ancienne) ou chapelle de la Paix: Photo: KiPhot' · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Maisons-Laffitte: Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ensemble dit Les Caves du Nord: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jean Cocteau: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Ghislaine Maxwell: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Public domain · Philippe Jaroussky: Mrug, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grégory Baugé: Nicola, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jacques Bertin: Jdfekete, Public domain · Jacques Fath: Noske, J.D. / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Maisons-Laffitte’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 Maisons-Laffitte
Is Maisons-Laffitte safe?
It grades B for safety, #37 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 63 burglaries and 133 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Maisons-Laffitte good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #33 of 94 in Yvelines. 100% of 92 candidates passed the bac at Lycée l'Ermitage in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Maisons-Laffitte expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Maisons-Laffitte grades D− for cost of living.
About Maisons-Laffitte
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Maisons-Laffitte is a commune of 23,093 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
23,093 (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.
