Saillans has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,531/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Crestois et de Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme. Its strongest is walkability (A): 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saillans 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 Saillans.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More commuters in Saillans walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 24.2%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,520 a year per consumption unit, below Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 11.7% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 8.0% of working residents in Saillans went to work by public transport.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving67%
On foot9%
Public transport8%
Bicycle7%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Saillans, 0.6 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Saillans has a higher adjusted death rate than 80% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saillans records 100 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 163 residents of Saillans died, about as many as the 163 expected from France’s death rates at each age. The nearest emergency department to Saillans is Centre hospitalier de Crest, 9.5 mi away. 3 GPs practise locally.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saillans · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Crest
20.6 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
Degrees are more common in Saillans than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: 49% of adults
People aged 15 to 24 make up 5.5% of the town, lower than both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). 20% of residents are children under 15. What’s more, the 65-and-over age group makes up just over a quarter of residents.
45.6median age
SaillansDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education49%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saillans
Is Saillans safe?
Saillans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 13.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saillans expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,531/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saillans grades C+ for cost of living.
About Saillans
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saillans is a commune of 1,460 people in the Communauté de communes du Crestois et de Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme. 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
1,460 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Crestois et de Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme
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.
