Cost of living is its strong suit (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.4% unemployment. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes 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-Laurent-des-Hommes 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-Laurent-des-Hommes.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes is harder to get around on foot than 95% of compared French towns
3.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,860 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes didn’t travel to work at all.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
200
jobs based in Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes, 0.6 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 5% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 11% of Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes, fewer than in Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The age that splits Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes in two is 55.4.
55.4median age
Saint-Laurent-des-HommesDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes has a higher adjusted death rate than 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Dordogne: 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes records 96 deaths per 100 expected, above both Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 107 residents of Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes died, against 111 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes is Ch de Libourne Antenne de Ste Foy la Grande, 13.6 mi away.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Libourne Antenne de Ste Foy la Grande
17.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.65/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,615/m², close to Dordogne’s towns (€1,680/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 31 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,615/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes€1,615/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,615/m²
31
€9.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.60 to €12.24/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Isle et Crempse en Périgord
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes
Is Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes safe?
Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes is a commune of 1,012 people in the Communauté de communes Isle et Crempse en Périgord. 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
1,012 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Isle et Crempse en Périgord
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