Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths (B+) — 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 remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée 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-Omer-en-Chaussée 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Oise’s towns and compared French towns: 82 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Oise, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 78 residents of Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée died, against 95 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée is Ch Beauvais, 6.4 mi away. 2 GPs practise here.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Beauvais
6.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Beauvais
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée are 15 to 24: 8.2%, fewer than in both Oise’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, lower than both Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 16% of the town. At 44.9, the median resident of Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée sits in the middle of the age range.
44.9median age
Saint-Omer-en-ChausséeOise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
People in Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée have lower living standards than in 71% of French communes of 1,000+
The median disposable income was €24,700 a year per consumption unit, close to Oise’s towns (€25,745) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée: 450, for 400 residents in work (1.1 each). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 14.1% of commuters travelled at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot8%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
450
jobs based in Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée, 1.1 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée
Is Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée safe?
Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée is a commune of 1,172 people in the Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte. 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.
