La Porte du Der’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is a strength too (B+) — an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 12.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). La Porte du Der 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 La Porte du Der 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 La Porte du Der.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in La Porte du Der costs less than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.27/m² a month
€1,230/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,230/m², higher than Haute-Marne’s towns (€1,048/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in La Porte du Der: 55 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Porte du Der€1,230/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Marne median€1,048/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,230/m²
55
€8.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.77 to €10.10/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,130
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape La Porte du Der: 31% are 65 or over, above Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
51.4median age
Degrees are held by 16% of adults, below both Haute-Marne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9% of the town. Under 15: 14% of residents.
La Porte du DerHaute-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma33%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
On foot, La Porte du Der works better than three in four compared French towns
15%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €23,910 a year per consumption unit, higher than Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 15.3% of commuters at the census. Unemployment runs at 11.3%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot9%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
900
jobs based in La Porte du Der, 1.2 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 75% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in La Porte du Der than in 71% of compared French towns
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
The commonest graded crime in La Porte du Der was criminal damage (2025). In all, 28 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Other physical violence7
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence7
Fraud7
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
28
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
14.8%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 14.8% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B
La Porte du Der loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 83 per 100 expected, below Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 354 deaths in La Porte du Der from 2016 to 2025; there were 419, 18% more. The nearest emergency department to La Porte du Der is Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz, 15 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners here. Life expectancy in Haute-Marne: 84.1 years for women and 77.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in La Porte du Der · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz
15 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz
84.1 · 77.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
7.2% of La Porte du Der’s homes were built before 1919 (Haute-Marne towns 18%, compared French towns 7.4%)
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in La Porte du Der: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century.
La Porte du Der is a commune of 2,099 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées. 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
2,099 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées
Département
Haute-Marne (52)
Région
Grand Est
Area
18.3 sq mi (47.5 km²)
INSEE code
52331
La Porte du Der’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
