Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. At C+ overall, Jard-sur-Mer ranks #38 of 46 in Vendée. On that grade it does better than 37% of compared French towns. Its best grade is for walkability (B+) — 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Jard-sur-Mer 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 Jard-sur-Mer.
Who lives here
Children make up only 4.7% of Jard-sur-Mer, fewer than in both Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Three in five residents are 65 or over, higher than both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 3.5% of the town. Half the people of Jard-sur-Mer are older than 68.1.
68.1median age
Jard-sur-MerVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
60%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Jard-sur-Mer cost more than in both Vendée’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,768/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.95/m² a month, higher than both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €12.21/m² a month. The market in Jard-sur-Mer: 374 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€3,768/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Jard-sur-Mer€3,768/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,769/m²
301
Apartments
€3,759/m²
73
€13.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.39 to €18.74/m² a month)
10.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,000
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
More people in Jard-sur-Mer are out of work than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.9%
800 jobs are based in Jard-sur-Mer, for 700 working residents (1.2 per worker). After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,440 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 12.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot6%
Bicycle5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
800
jobs based in Jard-sur-Mer, 1.2 per working resident
13.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Jard-sur-Mer has 2 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2.5% of its homes were built before 1919, below Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Jard-sur-Mer’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
4 GPs practise in Jard-sur-Mer. Its care home for older people (86 places) counts its residents as Jard-sur-Mer’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 664 residents of Jard-sur-Mer died, against 697 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Jard-sur-Mer is Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere, 10.5 mi away.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Jard-sur-Mer · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere
10.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More crime per resident in Jard-sur-Mer than in 54% of compared French towns
All told, Jard-sur-Mer had 62 recorded offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 18.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.7 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Jard-sur-Mer (2025).
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage37
Burglary19
Theft from vehicles6
Fraud15
Theft without violence9
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
62
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.2%
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, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 13.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Jard-sur-Mer
Is Jard-sur-Mer safe?
It grades B− for safety, #33 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
Is Jard-sur-Mer expensive to live in?
By type: houses €3,769/m² (301 sales), apartments €3,759/m² (73 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Jard-sur-Mer grades D for cost of living.
About Jard-sur-Mer
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Jard-sur-Mer is a commune of 3,235 people in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral. 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.
