Where it does best is jobs & income (A): 3.9 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. At the median price of €2,350/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Grand Saint-Émilionnais. Its weakest is schools (C−) — bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Émilion has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Émilion 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 Saint-Émilion.
Schools
Fewer pass the bac at the lycées near Saint-Émilion than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 83.0%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
80.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Émilion, below Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. A collège lies 3 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 3.3 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Émilion ranks above 72% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Of the graded crimes in Saint-Émilion, burglary came up most often (2025). In 2025, 23 offenses were recorded here. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 19.6. This Gironde town has 2,900 jobs for 750 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary7
Criminal damage6
Family violence5
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
Theft without violence11
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.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.6%
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 sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (12.6% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Émilion than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15
Over-65s are just over a quarter of the population. Degrees are held by 36% of adults, higher than both Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). 9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
49.9median age
Saint-ÉmilionGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Saint-Émilion: 33% were built before 1919, more than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 23 historic monuments in Saint-Émilion: 12 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 11 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2007. The town has 143 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Gironde’s towns (1.5) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments locally is Ermitage ou Chapelle de la Trinité.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Saint-Émilion is below 59% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Émilion has 3 family doctors. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 158 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 186: 15% below.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Émilion · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Saint-Émilion costs less than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.33/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,350/m², comes from 45 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Émilion from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. House rents are put at about €9.79/m² a month.
€2,350/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Émilion€2,350/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,332/m²
44
€11.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.79 to €14.59/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,670
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Saint-Émilionnais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Saint-Émilion earns an A for jobs & income
Unemployment stood at 8.8%, lower than both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €27,640 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: a tenth of working residents in Saint-Émilion at the census.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
On foot10%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,900
jobs based in Saint-Émilion, 3.9 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Ermitage ou Chapelle de la Trinité: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église souterraine monolithe (ancienne église paroissiale Saint-Emilion): Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien Doyenné: Photo: Juliofsanguino · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne église Saint-Martin de Mazerat: Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Émilion
Is Saint-Émilion safe?
It grades C for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Émilion good?
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Émilion 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 €2,350/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Émilion grades C+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Émilion
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Émilion is a commune of 1,608 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Saint-Émilionnais. 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.
