Good on most counts; one lags. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Tain-l'Hermitage ranks #12 of 36 in Drôme, with a B overall. Nationally, it does better than nearly three fifths of compared French towns. School results are strong: bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,293/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. Crime is the sore point: an average of 9.4 recorded violent incidents and 19.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Tain-l'Hermitage 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 Tain-l'Hermitage.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Getting about on foot is easier in Tain-l'Hermitage than in 93% of compared French towns
At the census, just over a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Jobs based in Tain-l'Hermitage number 3,700, against 2,600 residents in work (1.4 per worker). 9.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot8%
Bicycle7%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
3,700
jobs based in Tain-l'Hermitage, 1.4 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Tain-l'Hermitage records more crime per resident than 77% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 181 offenses in Tain-l'Hermitage. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
9.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage73
Sexual violence23
Theft from vehicles23
Family violence20
Burglary20
Vehicle theft12
Other physical violence10
Theft without violence63
Drug use39
Fraud36
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.
9.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
181
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.7%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
93.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #3 of 32 in Drôme.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments in Tain-l'Hermitage, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Tain-l'Hermitage is Taurobole en pierre. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, about level with Drôme’s towns (8.7%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Tain-l'Hermitage’s grade for cost of living: a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Tain-l'Hermitage, houses go for €2,461/m² and apartments for €2,192/m². Behind the median of €2,293/m²: 268 houses and apartments sold locally between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.54/m² a month.
€2,293/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tain-l'Hermitage€2,293/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,461/m²
99
Apartments
€2,192/m²
169
€11.48/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.97 to €14.70/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,220
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Tain-l'Hermitage than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, above both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Tain-l'Hermitage has a median age of 44. Among adults, 32% have a degree.
44median age
Tain-l'HermitageDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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
HealthHealth B−
More deaths than expected: Tain-l'Hermitage is above 51% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Tain-l'Hermitage is Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier, 7.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 631 residents of Tain-l'Hermitage died, against 647 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (74 places) count their residents as Tain-l'Hermitage’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. This Drôme town has 10 family doctors.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Tain-l'Hermitage · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier
8.6 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
Taurobole en pierre: Photo: Morburre · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Passerelle Seguin sur le Rhône (également sur commune de Tournon-sur-Rhône, dans l'Ardèche): Photo: Paul Arps from The Netherlands · CC BY 2.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Tain-l'Hermitage
Is Tain-l'Hermitage safe?
It grades C− for safety, #23 of 36 in Drôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 73 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Tain-l'Hermitage good?
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #3 of 32 in Drôme. 97% of 265 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Gabriel Faure in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tain-l'Hermitage 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 €2,293/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.48/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Tain-l'Hermitage grades B− for cost of living.
About Tain-l'Hermitage
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Tain-l'Hermitage is a commune of 5,915 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche 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.
