Trappes grades D overall: better than 9% of compared French towns, and #88 of 91 in Yvelines. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 15.3% unemployment. At the median price of €2,836/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 42% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Trappes 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Incomes in Trappes run lower than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: a median €20,060 a year per consumption unit
On this, Trappes is below both Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 42.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
42%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving55%
Public transport35%
On foot6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
16,350
jobs based in Trappes, 1.2 per working resident
15.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,060
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 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
The median home in Trappes sells for €2,836/m², against €3,717/m² in Yvelines’ towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,836/m², comes from 474 sales of houses and apartments in Trappes from July 2023 to June 2026. In Trappes, houses go for €3,468/m² and apartments for €2,750/m². The estimated advertised rent is €17.73/m² a month, close to Yvelines’ towns (€18.40/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,836/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Trappes€2,836/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yvelines median€3,717/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,468/m²
93
Apartments
€2,750/m²
381
€17.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.18 to €20.72/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Trappes’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,392 residents of Trappes died, against 1,457 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
30
GPs in Trappes · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive de L Ouest Parisien
0.1 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
Trappes has more crime per resident than 66% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 769 offenses in the graded categories in Trappes in 2025. 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, 0.1% of the index here.
11recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage259
Family violence168
Other physical violence134
Sexual violence68
Vehicle theft61
Theft from vehicles51
Burglary28
Drug use575
Theft without violence261
Fraud195
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.
11
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
769
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
History
1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Trappes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 0.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Massadio Haïdara: Дмитрий Голубович, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walid Mesloub: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nadia Hai: Jean-Luc Hauser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Steven Lecefel: Loic78972, CC BY-SA 3.0
Trappes’ 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 Trappes
Is Trappes safe?
It grades C for safety, #77 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 259 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Trappes good?
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #49 of 94 in Yvelines. 85% of 177 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Plaine de Neauphle 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 Trappes expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Trappes grades C− for cost of living.
About Trappes
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Trappes is a commune of 34,689 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-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
34,689 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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.
