Is Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët a good place to live?
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add schools to its strengths — bac results 5 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. The catch is safety: an average of 9.8 recorded violent incidents and 15.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 10.8% unemployment. Overall, that makes an A−, good for #10 of 27 in Manche. It comes out better than 80% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 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-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 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.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1921.
Wikidata records 6 people born in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët before 1900, the earliest François Bécherel, in 1732.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët.
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët cost less than in Manche’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,397/m²
€1,397/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.68/m² a month, lower than both Manche’s towns (€9.90/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 88% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 232 homes were sold in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët€1,397/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Manche median€1,814/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,429/m²
205
€8.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.58 to €11.47/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 37% of people in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët are 65 or over, more than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns
56.7median age
11% are under 15, below both Manche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.6%. Line up the people of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët by age and the one in the middle is 56.7.
Saint-Hilaire-du-HarcouëtManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma38%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education13%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Brevet results near Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët run low: 85.0% passed, below Manche’s towns and compared French towns
85.0%passed the brevetB+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, 95.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Manche’s towns (94.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #13 of 29 in Manche. A collège lies 1.2 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët than in 66% of compared French towns
9.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
With 3,150 jobs for 1,950 working residents, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët draws people in from neighbouring communes. Police and gendarmerie recorded 146 offenses in the town in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage48
Burglary28
Family violence23
Sexual violence20
Other physical violence19
Theft from vehicles8
Armed robbery0
Fraud39
Theft without violence32
Drug use12
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.
9.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
146
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.9%
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 · Small counts of vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.9% 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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët is Ancienne église. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. 8.4% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Money is tighter in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët than in Manche’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,570 a year per consumption unit
10%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 10.8%, higher than both Manche’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 6.6% of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
3,150
jobs based in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, 1.6 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 57% of compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,085 deaths in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,065, 2% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (193 places) count their residents as Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. At birth, a girl in Manche can expect 85.5 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 6 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Hilaire du Harcouet
13.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Avranches
85.5 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Manche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mikaël Cherel: YellowMonkey/Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arnaud Courteille: Petit Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Jean-Claude Bagot: Kakoula10, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Patrick Lemasle: Jc.galy sur fr.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · François de Tessan: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Louis Joseph Delaporte: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
About Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët is a commune of 5,770 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
Is Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët safe?
It grades C for safety, #22 of 27 in Manche. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët good?
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #13 of 29 in Manche. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët grades A 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.
