Is Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin a good place to live?
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living (C) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin 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-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin’s ages would predict, 64 per 100 expected, under Loiret’s towns and compared French towns
−36%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin has 3 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Loiret is 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 192 residents of Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin died, against 298 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% fewer.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw64
Adjusted64
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A home in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin sells for €2,581/m², more than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns
€2,581/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest. Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin recorded 81 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.77/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin€2,581/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loiret median€1,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,571/m²
71
€11.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.25 to €13.80/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Orléans Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument and a protected historic area since 1995
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. 14% of homes date from before 1919. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1995.
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
16th c.
oldest protected part
1928
first monument protected
1995
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
89.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 3.8 points below the expected rate
89.7%passed the brevetC+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin is 82.7%, below both Loiret’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 215 candidates at 2 lycées. A collège lies 2.1 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin is better off than Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,760 a year per consumption unit
11%walk, cycle or take transit
5.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin number 300, against 1,500 residents in work (0.2 per worker). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 10.5% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport6%
Bicycle3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
300
jobs based in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin, 0.2 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin is a graduates’ town: 46% hold a degree, more than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns
43.5median age
Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. The middle age in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin is 43.5. People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town, close to both Loiret’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%).
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-MesminLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education46%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin is a commune of 3,261 people in the Orléans 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
Population
3,261 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Orléans Métropole
Département
Loiret (45)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
5.4 sq mi (14.1 km²)
INSEE code
45282
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin’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-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin
Is Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin safe?
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin good?
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #19 of 48 in Loiret. 96% of 23 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Hôtelier de l'Orléanais in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.89/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin 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.
