Hostun has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,371/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Hostun 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 Hostun.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Fewer people in Hostun are out of work than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.0%
Hostun sits below both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Hostun has 200 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.4 per worker. 5.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Hostun, 0.4 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,900
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Hostun’s ages would predict, 81 per 100 expected, under Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Hostun below both Drôme’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Hostun · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere
8.9 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
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Hostun keeps more of its old housing than Drôme or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Hostun comes above both Drôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Hostun, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1978
first monument protected
2004
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Hostun costs less than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.20/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Hostun, that is below both Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,371/m², comes from 32 sales of houses and apartments in Hostun from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,371/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Hostun€2,371/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
€10.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.94 to €13.09/m² a month)
6.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.68/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
Safety
Hostun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Hostun in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
6.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Drug use0
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.
6.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Hostun
Is Hostun safe?
Hostun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.5 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Hostun expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Hostun grades B− for cost of living.
About Hostun
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Hostun is a commune of 1,037 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.
