Work and incomes are strong: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. 11% of its homes are second homes. The median sale price is €3,634/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Étienne-du-Grès 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-Étienne-du-Grès 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.
Oratoire du 16s: Photo: Dominique Robert REPERANT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Notre-Dame du Château: Photo: Jcognard · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès.
HousingCost of living D
The estimated advertised rent in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès is €14.47/m² a month, against €15.81/m² in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€3,634/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €13.20/m² a month. 68 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 78% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès€3,634/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,522/m²
53
€14.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.74 to €17.84/m² a month)
9.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Mortality in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns: 77 per 100 expected
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Bouches-du-Rhône live to 86 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 384 deaths in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès from 2016 to 2025; there were 366, 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Étienne-du-Grès is Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles, 9.7 mi away. 2 GPs practise in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
10.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès skews older, with 29% of residents 65 or over, more than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns
51.4median age
15% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 8%, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 37% of adults.
Saint-Étienne-du-GrèsBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Saint-Étienne-du-Grès: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Domaine du Grand Mas. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès has lower unemployment than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 7.2%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,460 a year per consumption unit. 6.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,200
jobs based in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès, 1.2 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,460
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 47% of compared French towns
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès is a commune of 2,489 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA). 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 de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)
Département
Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
11.3 sq mi (29.2 km²)
INSEE code
13094
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès’ 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-Étienne-du-Grès
Is Saint-Étienne-du-Grès safe?
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 11.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Étienne-du-Grès expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Étienne-du-Grès grades D 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.
