Households here earn well (A): 1 job per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Étoile-sur-Rhône grades B− overall, better than 54% of compared French towns, and ranks #13 of 36 in Drôme. Pupils here do less well than most (C−): brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,832/m² takes 7.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Étoile-sur-Rhône 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 Étoile-sur-Rhône.
Schools
Schools around Étoile-sur-Rhône do less well than those of 82% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Étoile-sur-Rhône is 84.0%, close to Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.7 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than Étoile-sur-Rhône’s ages would predict, 84 per 100 expected, under Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
353 deaths in Étoile-sur-Rhône between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 419: 16% below. In Drôme, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 6 general practitioners in the town.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Étoile-sur-Rhône · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Valence
5.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Valence
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Étoile-sur-Rhône: 14% were built before 1919, more than in both Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Étoile-sur-Rhône is Église Notre-Dame. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Étoile-sur-Rhône are under 15, more than in both Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up 36% of adults. A fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). At 43, the median resident of Étoile-sur-Rhône sits in the middle of the age range.
43median age
Étoile-sur-RhôneDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Renting in Étoile-sur-Rhône costs less than in both Drôme’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.12/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,832/m², comes from 122 sales of houses and apartments in Étoile-sur-Rhône from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 89% were houses.
€2,832/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Étoile-sur-Rhône€2,832/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,905/m²
108
€10.12/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.15 to €12.56/m² a month)
7.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,310
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Étoile-sur-Rhône has lower unemployment than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 7.0%
Median disposable income comes to €27,930 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Étoile-sur-Rhône counts 1 jobs (2,500 jobs, 2,500 workers). 4.6% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,500
jobs based in Étoile-sur-Rhône, 1 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 45% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in Étoile-sur-Rhône than in 53% of compared French towns
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 15.3. 111 offenses were reported in Étoile-sur-Rhône during 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, burglary came up most often (2025).
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary30
Criminal damage29
Vehicle theft18
Theft from vehicles14
Family violence10
Other physical violence10
Drug use42
Fraud36
Theft without violence16
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
111
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence and armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de la Boisse and 6 more in and around Étoile-sur-Rhône
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Étoile-sur-Rhône. Best known first.
Porte fortifiée servant d'entrée au château de la Boisse (ancienne): Photo: Toutaitanous · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Celeda · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Étoile-sur-Rhône
Is Étoile-sur-Rhône safe?
It grades B− for safety, #13 of 36 in Drôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Étoile-sur-Rhône good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #24 of 32 in Drôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Étoile-sur-Rhône expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,832/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Étoile-sur-Rhône grades C+ for cost of living.
About Étoile-sur-Rhône
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Étoile-sur-Rhône is a commune of 5,468 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. 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.
