Households here earn well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well — bac results 1.1 points above the expected rate; brevet results 8.4 points below the expected rate.
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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Neauphle-le-Château has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Neauphle-le-Château 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 Neauphle-le-Château.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Neauphle-le-Château is better off than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €36,830 a year per consumption unit
21%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 5.3%, below Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, just over a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
Public transport17%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Neauphle-le-Château, 0.4 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€36,830
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 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
A typical home in Neauphle-le-Château sells for €3,595/m²
€3,595/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Neauphle-le-Château sell for €3,500/m², houses for €3,800/m². The estimated advertised rent is €18.73/m² a month, close to Yvelines’ towns (€18.40/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 44% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Neauphle-le-Château€3,595/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,800/m²
69
Apartments
€3,500/m²
87
€18.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.57 to €22.52/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€36,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur d'Yvelines
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Neauphle-le-Château is a graduates’ town: 57% hold a degree, more than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns
42.7median age
17% are under 15, lower than Yvelines’ towns (20%) and near compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town. Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents.
Neauphle-le-ChâteauYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma8%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education57%
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
HealthHealth B
Neauphle-le-Château records 84 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 76 in Yvelines’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 6 general practitioners in Neauphle-le-Château. Average lifespans in Yvelines: 86.8 years for women, 82.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 220 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 185, 16% fewer.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Neauphle-le-Château · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive de L Ouest Parisien
4.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de L Ouest Parisien
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Schools around Neauphle-le-Château do less well than those of 60% of compared French towns
98%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Neauphle-le-Château, near Yvelines’ towns (82.7%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 87% of 126 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Schools rank #35 of 94 in Yvelines.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Neauphle-le-Château has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Neauphle-le-Château. The police record for Neauphle-le-Château lists 31 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.7.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Family violence7
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence10
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.
2.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.9%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 25.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Neauphle-le-Château is a commune of 3,250 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur d'Yvelines. 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
3,250 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur d'Yvelines
Département
Yvelines (78)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
0.8 sq mi (2.2 km²)
INSEE code
78442
Neauphle-le-Château’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 Neauphle-le-Château
Is Neauphle-le-Château safe?
Neauphle-le-Château has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Neauphle-le-Château good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #35 of 94 in Yvelines. 98% of 220 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Viollet le Duc in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Neauphle-le-Château expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Neauphle-le-Château 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.
