Rochegude has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 50% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,970/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% 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 Rochegude 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 Rochegude.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
On foot, Rochegude works less well than nine in ten compared French towns
At the census, 3.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,200 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Rochegude counts 0.3 jobs (200 jobs, 750 workers).
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Rochegude, 0.3 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 8% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Mortality in Rochegude, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Drôme’s towns and compared French towns: 75 per 100 expected
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 129 deaths in Rochegude from 2016 to 2025; there were 96, 25% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Rochegude is Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange, 6.9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Rochegude have one GP on hand.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw75
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Rochegude · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
6.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
For cost of living, Rochegude gets a C
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,970/m², comes from 42 sales of houses and apartments in Rochegude from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.74/m² a month. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,970/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rochegude€2,970/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,000/m²
41
€11.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.10 to €14.59/m² a month)
8.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Rochegude are 15 to 24: 8.4%, fewer than in Drôme’s towns and across compared French towns
16% are under 15, below Drôme’s towns (18%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. Half the people of Rochegude are older than 47.1.
47.1median age
RochegudeDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rochegude
Is Rochegude safe?
Rochegude has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Rochegude good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rochegude expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,970/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.52/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rochegude grades C for cost of living.
About Rochegude
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rochegude is a commune of 1,678 people in the Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence. 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.
