Buying in is costly (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too: 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Second homes make up 53% of its housing. Over-65s are 36% of the population.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Barre-de-Monts 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 La Barre-de-Monts 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 La Barre-de-Monts.
Who lives here
Children make up only 11% of La Barre-de-Monts, fewer than in Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.8% of residents, lower than both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). 36% of residents have reached 65. Also worth knowing: among adults, 19% have a degree.
57.3median age
La Barre-de-MontsVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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 C−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in La Barre-de-Monts than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: €14.12/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In La Barre-de-Monts, houses go for €2,800/m² and apartments for €3,140/m². The median price, €2,895/m², comes from 184 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for nearly three quarters of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,895/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Barre-de-Monts€2,895/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,800/m²
136
Apartments
€3,140/m²
48
€14.12/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.23 to €17.75/m² a month)
7.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,300
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Océan Marais de Monts
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Only 6.4% of commuters in La Barre-de-Monts go to work without a car, fewer than in Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs located in La Barre-de-Monts: 600, for 800 residents in work (0.7 each). At the census, 5.6% of working residents in La Barre-de-Monts didn’t travel to work at all. Unemployment stands at 10.0%.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
600
jobs based in La Barre-de-Monts, 0.7 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 33% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in La Barre-de-Monts, 93 per 100, but more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in La Barre-de-Monts. The nearest emergency department to La Barre-de-Monts is Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans, 12 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 305 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 283, 7% fewer. At birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in La Barre-de-Monts · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans
11.8 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 3.3% of the total, below both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in La Barre-de-Monts is Phare métallique de Fromentine. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
La Barre-de-Monts has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The commonest graded crime in La Barre-de-Monts was burglary (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.1 violent offenses and 16.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The police record for La Barre-de-Monts lists 40 offenses in 2025.
4.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary17
Criminal damage17
Sexual violence6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence26
Fraud13
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.
4.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
40
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.6%
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, 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, 25.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Écomusée du marais vendéen - Le Daviaud and 2 more in and around La Barre-de-Monts
Museums and other places to visit in and near La Barre-de-Monts. Best known first.
Phare métallique de Fromentine: Photo: Office de Tourisme Fromentine · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ouvrages d'art sur le canal de la Taillée: Photo: Pierre Gouard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from La Barre-de-Monts
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm La Barre-de-Monts as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Barre-de-Monts
Is La Barre-de-Monts safe?
La Barre-de-Monts has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Is La Barre-de-Monts expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,895/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Barre-de-Monts grades C− for cost of living.
About La Barre-de-Monts
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Barre-de-Monts is a commune of 2,367 people in the Communauté de communes Océan Marais de Monts. 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.
