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2,004 people live in this town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier’s strongest subject is cost of living (B) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (C−). It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier 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-Hilaire-du-Rosier 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.
Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de l'Arthaudière, in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne, 2.4 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier.
Bus, tram or train carried 5.6% of working residents in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,860 a year per consumption unit, lower than Isère’s towns (€27,110) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment is 8.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 11.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 179 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 169, 6% fewer. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,067/m², lower than both Isère’s towns (€2,716/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 53 homes in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier. Of the homes sold, 94% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,228/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 27% have a degree. A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 23% of residents are 65 or older.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.2 violent offenses and 11.7 graded property crimes a year. Recorded offenses in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier came to 25 in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 35.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, heritage and gardens in and near Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier.
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-Hilaire-du-Rosier | 2,004 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Chatte | 2,518 | 4.1 | B | B | B− | B |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans Drôme | 2,874 | 5.1 | B | B+ | A | C |
| Saint-Marcellin | 7,700 | 5.6 | C+ | B | C− | B− |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet Drôme | 6,523 | 9.3 | A− | C− | A+ | A |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe Drôme | 3,424 | 9.6 | A− | B− | A | B− |
| Romans-sur-Isère Drôme | 33,464 | 10 | C | B | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier is a commune of 2,004 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. 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 9, 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.