Poissy’s lowest grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (C+): bac results 1.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.7 points below the expected rate. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 55% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add health to its strengths: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at C+, #58 of 91 in Yvelines. Nationally, it does better than 42% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Poissy 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 Poissy.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
On foot, Poissy works better than 98% of compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €27,030 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 12.4%, above Yvelines’ towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Poissy has 24,650 jobs for 18,100 working residents, 1.4 per worker.
55%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport46%
Driving41%
On foot8%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
24,650
jobs based in Poissy, 1.4 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
Median price in Poissy: €3,814/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Poissy sell for €4,511/m² and apartments for €3,683/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €19.11/m² a month, near Yvelines’ towns (€18.40/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €17.05/m² a month.
€3,814/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Poissy€3,814/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,511/m²
222
Apartments
€3,683/m²
915
€19.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.69 to €23.27/m² a month)
10
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.05/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
Who lives here
A town of families: 21% of people in Poissy are under 15, more than in Yvelines’ towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 45% of adults, lower than Yvelines’ towns (49%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 are 10% of the population.
36.6median age
PoissyYvelines medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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+
Poissy records 82 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 76 in Yvelines’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Yvelines is 86.8 years for women and 82.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 2,852 residents of Poissy died, against 3,095 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. Also worth knowing: there are 38 general practitioners locally.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
38
GPs in Poissy · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ctre hospitalier Intercommunal Poissy St Germain site Poissy
1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ctre hospitalier Intercommunal Poissy St Germain site Poissy
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Brevet near Poissy: 88.4% passed, against 82.7% in Yvelines’ towns and 87.5% in compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 82% passed the bac pro, of 400 candidates at 4 lycées. Ranked by results, schools here are #37 of 94 in Yvelines. At the eight general lycées, 96% of 1,941 candidates passed the bac, 0.7 points below the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Poissy than in 53% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Poissy, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 9 violent offenses and 12.9 graded property crimes a year. Its tally for 2025: 932 recorded offenses.
9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage290
Family violence182
Other physical violence134
Burglary104
Sexual violence84
Theft from vehicles80
Vehicle theft58
Fraud385
Theft without violence307
Drug use230
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.
9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
932
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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, 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
10 historic monuments in Poissy, 3 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Poissy is Collégiale Notre-Dame (ancienne). Homes from before 1919 make up 3.5% of the total.
Propriété des Meissonnier: Photo: Pititnatole · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Abbaye (ancienne): Photo: Pititnatole · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pont sur la Seine: Photo: Frederic Masson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Alphonse de Poitiers: BERNARDUS GUIDONIS, Public domain · Houssine Kharja: mustapha_ennaimi, CC BY 2.0 · Mory Diaw: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Damien Le Tallec: Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Alexandre Müller: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Omenuke Mfulu: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0
Poissy’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 Poissy
Is Poissy safe?
It grades B− for safety, #62 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 104 burglaries and 290 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Poissy good?
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #37 of 94 in Yvelines. 92% of 437 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Le Corbusier in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Poissy expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Poissy grades D− for cost of living.
About Poissy
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Poissy is a commune of 40,983 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
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.
