Yvelines · Île-de-France · 33,770 residents
How much does Houilles spend?
Mayor: Romain Bertrand since March 2026 · 39 town councillors
What the money pays for in Houilles
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Houilles spends 5 % less per inhabitant than towns of 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size41.7 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteHouilles devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration9.5M€23 %elsewhere: 30%less than elsewhere (30%)
- Education and training8.8M€21 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports8.2M€20 %elsewhere: 21%less than elsewhere (21%)
- Health and social action5.6M€13 %elsewhere: 12%more than elsewhere (12%)
- Regional planning and housing5.2M€12 %elsewhere: 7%more than elsewhere (7%)
- Security and public health2.3M€5 %elsewhere: 4%more than elsewhere (4%)
- Environment1.1M€3 %elsewhere: 2%same as elsewhere (2%)
- Transport651k€2 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Economic action418k€1 %elsewhere: 1%more than elsewhere (1%)
Shares are computed on the allocated amount, excluding transfers. “Elsewhere”: the median share of towns the same size — half devote more, half less. Source: DGFiP accounting balances.
Spending and revenue
What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.
Spending48.5 M€
Charges de personnel26.7M€55 %Achats et charges externes11.2M€23 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 654 k€ of grants to associations and private bodies3.1M€6 %Impôts et taxes (charges)322k€1 %Revenue53.8 M€
Property tax in Houilles
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 41.19%.
In 2024, Houilles collected 24.8 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 46% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €220 per inhabitant
Of which 6.2 M€ of equipment. That is −35.3 % compared with 2023.
Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.
Debt
per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 8.6 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €894 per inhabitant · −29.4 % per inhabitant since 2018
Outstanding debt and gross savings: OFGL, main budget. The number of years is the debt-repayment capacity, debt divided by gross savings.
What the town buys
in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 22 contracts
Top supplier: Urban TP, 1.9 M€, voirie et réseaux divers (VRD)
All the town’s contracts (356)
Marchés de plus de 40 000 € HT déclarés à la notification (DECP) : montants des contrats, pas les paiements. Les plus petits marchés ne sont pas publiés ; les montants manifestement erronés sont écartés. Years published by the town: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026. Years set aside, amounts out of scale: 2025.
Compare with another town
Per inhabitant, 2024 accounts, OFGL. Towns of the same département, by size. A town above or below is not better or worse run. Property-tax rate: municipal share only, excluding the inter-municipal body and additional levies, source REI DGFiP.