Saint-Agrève’s strongest is cost of living (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Just over a fifth of its homes are second homes. The median sale price is €1,614/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Agrève 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-Agrève 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 12% of Saint-Agrève, fewer than in Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
Nearly a fifth of adults hold a degree, below both Ardèche’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a third of residents are 65 or older. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% of the town.
54.1median age
Saint-AgrèveArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Saint-Agrève has lower unemployment than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 9.3%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,610 a year per consumption unit, close to Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Saint-Agrève holds 1,150 jobs; 900 of its residents are in work, so 1.3 jobs each. No commute at all: 5.2% of working residents here at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot10%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
1,150
jobs based in Saint-Agrève, 1.3 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Saint-Agrève is 20.6 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Saint-Agrève. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 82 per 100 expected, below both Ardèche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 380 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 393, 3% more. In Ardèche, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 79.7 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Saint-Agrève · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
20.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Agrève is Statue-menhir dite de Lichessol. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Agrève
Is Saint-Agrève safe?
Saint-Agrève 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 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Agrève expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Agrève grades A− for cost of living.
About Saint-Agrève
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Agrève is a commune of 2,277 people in the Communauté de communes Val Eyrieux. 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.
