Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (B+): 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Vernoux-en-Vivarais 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 Vernoux-en-Vivarais grades
Each subject compares Vernoux-en-Vivarais 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.
Château de la Tourrette: Photo: Charcutaille · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vernoux-en-Vivarais.
Who lives here
Vernoux-en-Vivarais has fewer young adults than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
51.1median age
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. 30% of residents are 65 or over, above Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half the people of Vernoux-en-Vivarais are older than 51.1.
Vernoux-en-VivaraisArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vernoux-en-Vivarais than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.94/m² a month
€1,926/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,926/m²: 63 houses and apartments sold in Vernoux-en-Vivarais between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vernoux-en-Vivarais€1,926/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,007/m²
60
€8.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.02 to €11.38/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,530
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Privas Centre Ardèche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
People in Vernoux-en-Vivarais have lower living standards than in 93% of French communes of 1,000+
17%walk, cycle or take transit
Median disposable income comes to €22,380 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 16.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Ardèche’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 11.3% of the labour force are out of work.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot14%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
950
jobs based in Vernoux-en-Vivarais, 1.4 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
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 B
Fewer deaths than Vernoux-en-Vivarais’ ages would predict, 83 per 100 expected, under Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Ardèche, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 317 deaths in Vernoux-en-Vivarais from 2016 to 2025; there were 372, 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Vernoux-en-Vivarais is Clinique Pasteur, 11.8 mi away. 3 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Vernoux-en-Vivarais · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Pasteur
12.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Valence
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Vernoux-en-Vivarais: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Vernoux-en-Vivarais is Château de Vaussèche. On the Culture ministry’s list, Vernoux-en-Vivarais counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Vernoux-en-Vivarais is a commune of 1,982 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
Population
1,982 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Privas Centre Ardèche
Département
Ardèche (07)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
12 sq mi (31.1 km²)
INSEE code
07338
Vernoux-en-Vivarais’ 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 Vernoux-en-Vivarais
Is Vernoux-en-Vivarais safe?
Vernoux-en-Vivarais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 950 jobs for 700 working residents, Vernoux-en-Vivarais draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Vernoux-en-Vivarais good?
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vernoux-en-Vivarais expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,926/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vernoux-en-Vivarais 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.
