Schools do well: bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. At the median price of €2,143/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Jean-de-Muzols 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.
How Saint-Jean-de-Muzols grades
Each subject compares Saint-Jean-de-Muzols 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.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 2nd century; the first monument here was protected in 1943.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1952First protected: Église (ancienne)
1954Most recently protected: Pont sur le Doux dit le Grand Pont (également sur commune d…
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Église (ancienne): Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0 · Pont sur le Doux dit le Grand Pont (également sur commune de Tournon-sur-Rhône): Photo: Хрюша · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols.
Who lives here
Saint-Jean-de-Muzols has fewer young adults than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 8.3% are 15 to 24
52.4median age
Degrees are held by 31% of adults. The middle age in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols is 52.4.
Saint-Jean-de-MuzolsArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Saint-Jean-de-Muzols earns a B+ for cost of living
€2,143/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.86/m² a month, about level with Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,143/m², comes from 55 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.43/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Jean-de-Muzols€2,143/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,198/m²
47
€9.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.70 to €12.63/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,220
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Saint-Jean-de-Muzols’ ages would predict, 82 per 100 expected, under Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Jean-de-Muzols can choose among 8 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-de-Muzols is Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier, 6.5 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 255 residents of Saint-Jean-de-Muzols died, against 310 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. Also worth knowing: women in Ardèche live to 85.9 on average and men to 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier
10.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols are out of work than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.0%
14%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €26,820 a year per consumption unit, above Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 4.3% of Saint-Jean-de-Muzols’ working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Bicycle8%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
600
jobs based in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, 0.6 per working resident
7.0%
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
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, 2 classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Église (ancienne). Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, below Ardèche’s towns (13%) but above compared French towns (7.4%).
Saint-Jean-de-Muzols is a commune of 2,489 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. 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
2,489 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo
Département
Ardèche (07)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.2 sq mi (10.9 km²)
INSEE code
07245
Saint-Jean-de-Muzols’ 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-Jean-de-Muzols
Is Saint-Jean-de-Muzols safe?
Saint-Jean-de-Muzols has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 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-Jean-de-Muzols good?
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. 97% of 265 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Gabriel Faure in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Jean-de-Muzols expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,143/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jean-de-Muzols 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.
