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1,866 residents make their home in this town in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Jean-de-Niost’s strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add jobs & income to its strengths — 0.1 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Jean-de-Niost 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-Jean-de-Niost 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.
Saint-Jean-de-Niost has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Jean-de-Niost does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Jean-de-Niost as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Maurice, in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, 2 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Jean-de-Niost is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-de-Niost.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,154/m², above both Ain’s towns (€2,641/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Saint-Jean-de-Niost: 59 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 85% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,115/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-de-Niost is Hopital Prive D Amberieu, 11.3 mi away. 82 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 107: 23% below. In Ain, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner in the town.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Ain’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 21% of residents are under 15. Retirement age and beyond: 16% of residents are 65 or older.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Jean-de-Niost | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.2% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 4.8%, below Ain’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 9.0% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Saint-Jean-de-Niost. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Jean-de-Niost yet.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Jean-de-Niost is a commune of 1,866 people in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine de l'Ain. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Niost | 1,866 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans | 2,903 | 2.5 | — | D | — | A |
| Béligneux | 3,535 | 4.3 | B+ | C− | B+ | C |
| Loyettes | 3,554 | 4.6 | C | C | A− | C |
| Meximieux | 8,247 | 4.7 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Balan | 3,077 | 5.6 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon | 3,849 | 5.7 | B | C | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Jean-de-Niost has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jean-de-Niost grades C− for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.