Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is jobs & income — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median sale price is €1,101/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Gobain 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-Gobain 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Saint-Gobain has fewer young adults than Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above both Aisne’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Saint-Gobain have a median age of 48.6.
48.6median age
Saint-GobainAisne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Saint-Gobain come to a median €23,750 a year per consumption unit, against €20,680 in Aisne’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
Unemployment runs at 11.0%. At the census, 9.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
750
jobs based in Saint-Gobain, 0.9 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Saint-Gobain records 92 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 110 in Aisne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Gobain is Ch Chauny, 6.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 386 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 637, 65% more. In Aisne, women can expect to live 83.2 years and men 77.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners here.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw165
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Gobain · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chauny
6.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Chauny
83.2 · 77.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aisne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Gobain
Is Saint-Gobain safe?
Saint-Gobain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Gobain good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Gobain expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Gobain grades A− for cost of living.
About Saint-Gobain
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Gobain is a commune of 2,288 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chauny-Tergnier-La Fère. 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.
