Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength too (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability: 14% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment.
Figures: 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 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Jeures 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-Jeures 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.
Menhir de Saint-Jeures: Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen · CC BY 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jeures.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Saint-Jeures is harder to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns
5%walk, cycle or take transit
4.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.8%, below Haute-Loire’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €24,560 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Saint-Jeures, 0.4 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 9% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Jeures than in Haute-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.44/m² a month
€1,651/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,651/m²: 32 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Jeures between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.53/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Jeures€1,651/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Loire median€1,646/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,651/m²
32
€8.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.37 to €11.19/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Haut-Lignon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Saint-Jeures’ ages would predict, 80 per 100 expected, under Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Saint-Jeures. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jeures is Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay, 16.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 68 residents of Saint-Jeures died, against 84 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Women in Haute-Loire live to 85.7 on average and men to 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Jeures · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
16.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Jeures has fewer young adults than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 8.6% are 15 to 24
46.6median age
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, near Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 32% have a degree. Typical age in Saint-Jeures: 46.6, the median.
Saint-JeuresHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Saint-Jeures: 34% were built before 1919, more than in both Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Jeures, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Saint-Jeures is a commune of 1,015 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut-Lignon. 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
1,015 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Haut-Lignon
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
13.3 sq mi (34.5 km²)
INSEE code
43199
Saint-Jeures’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Jeures
Is Saint-Jeures safe?
Saint-Jeures has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Jeures expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,651/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Jeures grades A for cost of living.
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.
