People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €3,379/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Maremne Adour Côte Sud.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Martin-de-Hinx 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-Martin-de-Hinx 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 Saint-Martin-de-Hinx.
HealthHealth A−
Saint-Martin-de-Hinx loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 76 per 100 expected, below Landes’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Martin-de-Hinx is Clinique Belharra, 11.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 130 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 98, 24% fewer. At birth, a girl in Landes can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. This Landes town has 2 family doctors.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw76
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Martin-de-Hinx · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Belharra
11.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Belharra
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Saint-Martin-de-Hinx are out of work than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 6.8%
2.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €26,470 a year per consumption unit.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Saint-Martin-de-Hinx, 0.2 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 21% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 20% of Saint-Martin-de-Hinx, above Landes’ towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up just over a third of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.9% of residents, lower than both Landes’ towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Add to that, over-65s are 18% of the population.
41.5median age
Saint-Martin-de-HinxLandes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
18%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Renting in Saint-Martin-de-Hinx costs less than in both Landes’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.65/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,379/m², comes from 62 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Martin-de-Hinx from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 79% houses, the rest apartments.
€3,379/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Martin-de-Hinx€3,379/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Landes median€3,172/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,422/m²
49
€10.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.45 to €13.42/m² a month)
8.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,960
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Maremne Adour Côte Sud
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Martin-de-Hinx
Is Saint-Martin-de-Hinx safe?
Saint-Martin-de-Hinx has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Martin-de-Hinx expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,379/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Martin-de-Hinx grades C+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Martin-de-Hinx
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Martin-de-Hinx is a commune of 1,808 people in the Communauté de communes Maremne Adour Côte Sud. 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.
