Is Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne a good place to live?
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (D): nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne 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.
Moulin de Tallard: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Beaumont: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne are out of work than in Ain’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.0%
3%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 2.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne has 150 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €26,820 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne, 0.2 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 9% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne run higher than in 85% of compared French towns
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
109 deaths in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 105: 4% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne is Polyclinique du Beaujolais, 12 mi away. Life expectancy in Ain: 85.9 years for women and 82 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
12 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
85.9 · 82
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ain, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up 22% of Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne, above Ain’s towns and compared French towns
39.2median age
16% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6% of the town. Degrees are held by 27% of adults.
Saint-Étienne-sur-ChalaronneAin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne costs less than in Ain’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.12/m² a month
€2,400/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,400/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for just over nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest. A house rents for an estimated €11.44/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne€2,400/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ain median€2,641/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,422/m²
43
€10.12/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.90 to €12.97/m² a month)
5.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,370
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Val de Saône Centre
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Ain’s towns and across compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The 2025 count: 15 offenses in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4 violent offenses and 8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. More of the graded crimes locally were burglary than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary10
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Fraud11
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
74.6%
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 family violence, 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, 74.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne
Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne is a commune of 1,637 people in the Communauté de communes Val de Saône Centre. 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
1,637 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val de Saône Centre
Département
Ain (01)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
8.1 sq mi (21.1 km²)
INSEE code
01351
Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne’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 Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne
Is Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne safe?
Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,400/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne grades B+ 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.
