L'Île-d'Yeu’s lowest grade is for cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 16.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The town grades C− overall and ranks #42 of 46 in Vendée. That leaves it better than 20% of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, C+ 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 L'Île-d'Yeu 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 L'Île-d'Yeu.
History
L'Île-d'Yeu is rich in protected monuments: 23 per 10,000 residents, more than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in L'Île-d'Yeu is Dolmen des Landes. On the Culture ministry’s list, L'Île-d'Yeu counts 11 historic monuments: 7 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living D
A home in L'Île-d'Yeu sells for €6,145/m², more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Vendée costs more to buy into than L'Île-d'Yeu, at €6,145/m², the highest of 75. The estimated advertised rent is €14.12/m² a month, above both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€6,145/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
L'Île-d'Yeu€6,145/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€6,301/m²
231
€14.12/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.23 to €17.75/m² a month)
16.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.52/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in L'Île-d'Yeu than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
The 65-and-over age group makes up a third of residents. 7.3% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 22% of adults.
53.9median age
L'Île-d'YeuVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
L'Île-d'Yeu is 24.5 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in L'Île-d'Yeu: 91 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 665 residents of L'Île-d'Yeu died, against 621 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Life expectancy in Vendée: 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in L'Île-d'Yeu · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
24.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans
24.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in L'Île-d'Yeu, 11.9%, runs above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs located in L'Île-d'Yeu: 1,800, for 1,850 residents in work (1 each). 5.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The median disposable income was €26,500 a year per consumption unit, near both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970).
27%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving63%
Bicycle20%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter5%
Public transport1%
1,800
jobs based in L'Île-d'Yeu, 1 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,500
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 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
L'Île-d'Yeu ranks above 52% of compared French towns for crime per resident
The commonest graded crime in L'Île-d'Yeu was criminal damage (2025). The police record for L'Île-d'Yeu lists 96 offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.3.
8.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage57
Family violence19
Other physical violence10
Sexual violence10
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence48
Fraud22
Drug use15
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.
8.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
96
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.2%
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 burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 5.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu and 6 more in and around L'Île-d'Yeu
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near L'Île-d'Yeu. Best known first.
Dolmen La Gournaise ou des Petits Fradets: Photo: Astérixobélix · Public domain · Trois dolmens: Photo: Clément Bucco-Lechat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Saint-Sauveur: Photo: Melutopia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from L'Île-d'Yeu
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in L'Île-d'Yeu yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about L'Île-d'Yeu
Is L'Île-d'Yeu safe?
It grades B− for safety, #31 of 46 in Vendée.
Is L'Île-d'Yeu expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so L'Île-d'Yeu grades D for cost of living.
About L'Île-d'Yeu
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
L'Île-d'Yeu is a commune of 4,883 people. 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.
