Homes are affordable (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability (D−) — 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Priest 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-Priest 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Priest.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Saint-Priest is harder to get around on foot than 96% of compared French towns
The census found 4.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €27,850 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and compared French towns (€25,970). 6.7% of people in the labour force have no job.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
250
jobs based in Saint-Priest, 0.4 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 4% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Priest: 2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, lower than Ardèche’s towns (13%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%). Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Saint-Priest has a lower adjusted death rate than 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 96 deaths in Saint-Priest from 2016 to 2025; there were 82, 14% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-Priest come to 86 per 100 predicted. Life expectancy in Ardèche: 85.9 years for women and 79.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Priest · 0.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Privas Ardeche
10.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Priest, 95.7% passed the bac, above Ardèche’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 2.6 mi off.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
21% of residents have reached 65. The middle age in Saint-Priest is 49.4. Children under 15 make up 16%, close to Ardèche’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%).
49.4median age
Saint-PriestArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Priest
Is Saint-Priest safe?
Saint-Priest has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Priest good?
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns. 96% of 223 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Vincent d'Indy in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Saint-Priest
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Priest is a commune of 1,345 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Privas Centre Ardèche. 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.
