Saint-Paul-lès-Dax grades C overall, better than 31% of compared French towns, and ranks #21 of 29 in Landes. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is weaker too (C) — an average of 8 recorded violent incidents and 19.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It is easy to get around without a car: 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 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.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Théodore Denis, born in 1858, is the one person born in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Église Saint-Paul: Photo: Ghislain118 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax.
HousingCost of living C−
Median price in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax: €2,713/m²
€2,713/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 53% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 764 homes were sold in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.40/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Paul-lès-Dax€2,713/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Landes median€3,172/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,720/m²
403
Apartments
€2,700/m²
361
€12.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.54 to €15.28/m² a month)
7.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.40/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Saint-Paul-lès-Dax: 32% are 65 or over, above Landes’ towns and compared French towns
51.3median age
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Landes’ towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 13% of the population. Saint-Paul-lès-Dax has a median age of 51.3 years.
Saint-Paul-lès-DaxLandes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax than in 75% of compared French towns
8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Jobs outnumber working residents in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (7,050 to 5,500): it draws people in from around. All told, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax had 382 recorded offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage147
Family violence55
Burglary53
Other physical violence37
Sexual violence31
Theft from vehicles30
Vehicle theft29
Theft without violence112
Fraud88
Drug use21
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.
8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
382
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, 13.0%, runs above Landes’ towns and compared French towns
12%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €24,970 a year per consumption unit, close to both Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970). 4.0% of Saint-Paul-lès-Dax’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot4%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
7,050
jobs based in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, 1.3 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Mortality in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Landes’ towns and compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Landes live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 1,640 residents of Saint-Paul-lès-Dax died, against 1,862 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. Also worth knowing: the town has 13 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
13
GPs in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Dax
1.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Dax
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
1 historic monument in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, 1 classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 2.8%. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax is Église Saint-Paul. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Théodore Denis: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
About Saint-Paul-lès-Dax
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Paul-lès-Dax is a commune of 14,481 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax. 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
14,481 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
22.5 sq mi (58.3 km²)
INSEE code
40279
Saint-Paul-lès-Dax’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Paul-lès-Dax
Is Saint-Paul-lès-Dax safe?
It grades C for safety, #23 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 53 burglaries and 147 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax good?
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #25 of 31 in Landes. 98% of 166 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Haroun Tazieff in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Paul-lès-Dax expensive to live in?
By type: houses €2,720/m² (403 sales), apartments €2,700/m² (361 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.69/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Paul-lès-Dax grades C− for cost of living.
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.
