Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3,778 residents make their home in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Saint-Clair-du-Rhône grades A− overall, better than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. That places it #22 of 96 in Isère. Health is its strong suit (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: brevet results 4.8 points below the expected rate. It also trails on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Saint-Clair-du-Rhône does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Clair-du-Rhône 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Aiguille (pyramide de la Spina du cirque), in Vienne, 7 mi away.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Clair-du-Rhône. Best known first.
AttractionCentrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban3.9 km southwest, in Saint-Maurice-l'ExilAttractionAttractionChâteau de Condrieu3 km north, in CondrieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chonas3.8 km northeast, in Chonas-l'AmballanChâteauChâteauChâteau du Rozay4.4 km north, in CondrieuMuseumMuseumLa Villa de Licinius3.2 km southeast, in Clonas-sur-VarèzePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Isère live to 86.8 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 379 deaths in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône from 2016 to 2025; there were 280, 26% fewer. 3 GPs practise here.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
85.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Clair-du-Rhône, near Isère’s towns (87.4%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). A collège lies 1.6 mi away. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Marronniers PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 59 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Median disposable income comes to €28,170 a year per consumption unit. Saint-Clair-du-Rhône holds 1,300 jobs; 1,700 of its residents are in work, so 0.8 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 9.1%, higher than Isère’s towns (8.1%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 11.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.3 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Saint-Clair-du-Rhône logged 60 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence 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 (11.3% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,682/m², comes from 94 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 85% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.40/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,682/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Typical age in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône: 45.7, the median. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Isère’s towns (18%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Clair-du-Rhône | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Clair-du-Rhône.
Clair du Dauphiné: Frachet, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Clair-du-Rhône | 3,778 | — | A− | C+ | A− | A |
| Condrieu Rhône | 3,957 | 1.9 | B+ | C | C | A |
| Chavanay Loire | 2,884 | 2.6 | C+ | B− | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil | 6,889 | 3.4 | C | C+ | C+ | B |
| Ampuis Rhône | 2,769 | 4.2 | A− | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon | 6,718 | 4.7 | C− | B− | D− | B− |
| Pélussin Loire | 3,727 | 5 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #81 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,682/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Clair-du-Rhône grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Clair-du-Rhône is a commune of 3,778 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.
