Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Esnandes 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 Esnandes 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 Esnandes.
HousingCost of living C−
The middle sale price in Esnandes: €2,884/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.47/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €13.19/m² a month, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. From July 2023 to June 2026, 87 homes were sold in Esnandes.
€2,884/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Esnandes€2,884/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,884/m²
87
€13.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.51 to €16.55/m² a month)
7.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.47/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Esnandes are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 12.1%
At the census, 6.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The median disposable income is €27,190 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Esnandes, 0.2 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) but above compared French towns (22%). Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
49.6median age
EsnandesCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Esnandes’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Esnandes is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 6.4 mi away. Its care home for older people (45 places) counts its residents as Esnandes’; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 228 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 245, 7% more. At birth, a girl in Charente-Maritime can expect 85.5 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Esnandes · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle
6.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Esnandes
Is Esnandes safe?
Esnandes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Esnandes expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Esnandes grades C− for cost of living.
About Esnandes
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Esnandes is a commune of 2,224 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle. 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.
