Hauterives has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,153/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes Hauterives stand out
The one thing Hauterives does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hauterives 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval ou Propriété du facteur Cheval · Classé · Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Ankopedia (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · Public domain
Hauterives’ story
Hauterives in pictures
Hauterives has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Hauterives before 1900, the earliest Joseph Antoine Ferlay, in 1798.
1926First protected: Porte fortifiée de l'ancien château
2011Most recently protected: Tombe du Facteur Cheval située au cimetière communal
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hauterives.
Who lives here
An older town: 30% of people in Hauterives are 65 or over, more than in Drôme’s towns and across compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8% of the town. 16% are under 15, below Drôme’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Typical age in Hauterives: 50.8, the median.
50.8median age
HauterivesDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Hauterives than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%
8.7% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Hauterives didn’t travel to work at all. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,010 a year.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
850
jobs based in Hauterives, 1.1 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,010
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Hauterives keeps more of its old housing than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Hauterives is Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval ou Propriété du facteur Cheval. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century. Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. This Drôme town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Hauterives’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 263 deaths in Hauterives from 2016 to 2025; there were 300, 14% more. Its two care homes for older people (81 places) count their residents as Hauterives’; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Hauterives is Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier, 11.5 mi away.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Hauterives · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier
14.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Hauterives has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
In 2025, vehicle theft led the graded crimes in Hauterives. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.1 violent offenses and 6.7 graded property crimes a year. All told, Hauterives had 13 recorded offenses in 2025.
4.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Vehicle theft8
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud10
Theft without violence7
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.
4.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
54.5%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 54.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Hauterives
Is Hauterives safe?
Hauterives has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Hauterives expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,153/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Hauterives grades B− for cost of living.
About Hauterives
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Hauterives is a commune of 1,904 people in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. 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.
