Saint-Paul-en-Jarez’s strongest is schools (A−) — bac results 1.9 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.2 points above the expected rate. It is a safe place by the numbers (B+): an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 13.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of #25 of 48 in Loire. That leaves it better than three quarters of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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-en-Jarez 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-Paul-en-Jarez.
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez costs an estimated advertised €12.74/m² a month, against €10.17/m² in Loire’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,300/m²: 104 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 72% were houses.
€2,300/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez€2,300/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire median€2,075/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,405/m²
75
€12.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.61 to €16.88/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,640
median annual income per consumption unit, Saint-Etienne Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Exam results around Saint-Paul-en-Jarez beat 79% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Just over nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, below Loire’s towns (93.4%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 87% of 180 candidates passed the bac pro. Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one.
100%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
A walkable place: Saint-Paul-en-Jarez beats 75% of compared French towns on foot
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez has 1,250 jobs for 2,000 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income was €26,420 a year per consumption unit, close to both Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez didn’t travel to work at all.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport7%
On foot6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,250
jobs based in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, 0.6 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 75% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez ranks below 71% of compared French towns for crime per resident
In 2025, 85 offenses were recorded in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 85 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 2025.
3.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage42
Other physical violence21
Burglary13
Vehicle theft9
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Theft without violence17
Drug use10
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.
3.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
85
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.9%
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 family violence, sexual violence 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, 6.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez sees fewer deaths than 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Loire: 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Saint-Paul-en-Jarez’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 458 residents of Saint-Paul-en-Jarez died, against 453 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital du Gier Mco
2.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital du Gier Mco
85.6 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez keeps more of its old housing than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez are under 15, more than in Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above both Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). A third of adults hold a degree. Line up the people of Saint-Paul-en-Jarez by age and the one in the middle is 42.6.
42.6median age
Saint-Paul-en-JarezLoire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Paul-en-Jarez
Is Saint-Paul-en-Jarez safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #13 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez good?
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns and #12 of 50 in Loire. The lycée stands out: 100% of 97 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Sainte-Marie - la Grand'Grange in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Paul-en-Jarez expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,300/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Paul-en-Jarez grades C− for cost of living.
About Saint-Paul-en-Jarez
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez is a commune of 4,699 people in the Saint-Etienne Métropole. 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.
