Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 3.6% unemployment. Its weakest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (D−): 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Dingy-Saint-Clair 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 Dingy-Saint-Clair 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 Dingy-Saint-Clair.
HousingCost of living D−
A home in Dingy-Saint-Clair sells for €5,323/m², more than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €18.64/m² a month, about level with Haute-Savoie’s towns (€18.15/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for nearly four in five sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Dingy-Saint-Clair from July 2023 to June 2026: 33 houses and apartments.
€5,323/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Dingy-Saint-Clair€5,323/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Savoie median€4,342/m²
€18.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.01 to €24.79/m² a month)
12.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,930
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Vallées de Thônes
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A+
Mortality in Dingy-Saint-Clair, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Haute-Savoie’s towns and compared French towns: 63 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Savoie, women can expect to live 86.6 years and men 81.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 45 residents of Dingy-Saint-Clair died, against 71 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Dingy-Saint-Clair is Clinique Generale D Annecy, 4.7 mi away.
−37%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw63
Adjusted63
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Dingy-Saint-Clair · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Generale D Annecy
4.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Generale D Annecy
86.6 · 81.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Savoie, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Dingy-Saint-Clair is better off than Haute-Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €35,530 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stands at 3.6%. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Dingy-Saint-Clair didn’t travel to work at all. 4.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 92% drove.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Dingy-Saint-Clair, 0.2 per working resident
3.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€35,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 5% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Dingy-Saint-Clair than in Haute-Savoie’s towns or across compared French towns: 49% of adults
People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, below both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: nearly a fifth of residents. At 44, the median resident of Dingy-Saint-Clair sits in the middle of the age range.
44median age
Dingy-Saint-ClairHaute-Savoie medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma8%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education49%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Dingy-Saint-Clair
Is Dingy-Saint-Clair safe?
Dingy-Saint-Clair has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Dingy-Saint-Clair expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dingy-Saint-Clair grades D− for cost of living.
About Dingy-Saint-Clair
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Dingy-Saint-Clair is a commune of 1,466 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées de Thônes. 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.
