Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is walkability: 35% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Jean-des-Champs 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-Jean-des-Champs 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.
Église de Saint-Léger: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-des-Champs.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Saint-Jean-des-Champs is harder to get around on foot than 89% of compared French towns
3%walk, cycle or take transit
5.8% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Manche’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 700 residents in work, Saint-Jean-des-Champs has 200 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, 5.4% of working residents in Saint-Jean-des-Champs didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Saint-Jean-des-Champs, 0.3 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Saint-Jean-des-Champs’ ages would predict, 82 per 100 expected, under Manche’s towns and compared French towns
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Jean-des-Champs has 3 family doctors. In Manche, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 90 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 110: 18% below.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Jean-des-Champs · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux du Sud Manche site Granville
10.6 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
Children make up 21% of Saint-Jean-des-Champs, above Manche’s towns and compared French towns
42median age
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.7%, lower than both Manche’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults.
Saint-Jean-des-ChampsManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
19%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Jean-des-Champs keeps more of its old housing than Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-des-Champs, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Jean-des-Champs has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Jean-des-Champs was other physical violence (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2 violent offenses and 3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence0
Sexual violence0
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud6
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.
2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
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 family violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Saint-Jean-des-Champs is a commune of 1,534 people in the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer. 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
1,534 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer
Département
Manche (50)
Région
Normandy
Area
7.5 sq mi (19.5 km²)
INSEE code
50493
Saint-Jean-des-Champs’ 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-Jean-des-Champs
Is Saint-Jean-des-Champs safe?
Saint-Jean-des-Champs has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Jean-des-Champs expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,175/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Jean-des-Champs grades B+ 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.
