A solid town with one catch. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Saint-Jean-d'Hermine ranks #19 of 46 in Vendée, with an A− overall. Nationally, it does better than 85% of compared French towns. Add schools to its strengths — brevet results 2.6 points above the expected rate. What holds it back is walkability: nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 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.
Château de Sainte-Hermine: Photo: LPM1366 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame et ancien ossuaire: Photo: Spouik · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-d'Hermine.
History
Saint-Jean-d'Hermine is rich in protected monuments: 25 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
9historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
A fifth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry’s list holds 9 historic monuments in Saint-Jean-d'Hermine; none is classé, France’s top protection. 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
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Saint-Jean-d'Hermine cost less than in both Vendée’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,469/m²
€1,469/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saint-Jean-d'Hermine is the second cheapest of the 75 towns in Vendée, at €1,469/m². The estimated advertised rent is €8.95/m² a month, lower than both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.48/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Jean-d'Hermine€1,469/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,495/m²
135
€8.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.82 to €11.74/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,930
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud Vendée Littoral
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Saint-Jean-d'Hermine do better than those of 81% of compared French towns
91.1%passed the brevetA−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Jean-d'Hermine, 91.1% passed the brevet, about level with Vendée’s towns (92.4%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.8 mi off. On results, collèges and lycées here come #17 of 34 in Vendée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Saint-Jean-d'Hermine run lower than in both Vendée’s towns and compared French towns: a median €24,620 a year per consumption unit
6%walk, cycle or take transit
The census found 6.1% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Saint-Jean-d'Hermine has 2,750 jobs for 1,500 working residents, 1.8 per worker. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Vendée’s towns (7.7%) but below compared French towns (10.1%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
2,750
jobs based in Saint-Jean-d'Hermine, 1.8 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 27% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Jean-d'Hermine run higher than in 54% of compared French towns
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (81 places) counts its residents as Saint-Jean-d'Hermine’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 450 residents of Saint-Jean-d'Hermine died, against 416 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-d'Hermine is Centre hospitalier site de Lucon, 8.4 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Jean-d'Hermine · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site de Lucon
12.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up 20% of Saint-Jean-d'Hermine, above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
42.4median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.6% of residents, near Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Half of Saint-Jean-d'Hermine is older than 42.4, half younger.
Saint-Jean-d'HermineVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Saint-Jean-d'Hermine has less crime per resident than 50% of compared French towns
10.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
For 2025, the figures show 72 offenses in Saint-Jean-d'Hermine. Graded property crimes ran at 10.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 10.6 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage35
Family violence16
Other physical violence16
Sexual violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence28
Fraud14
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.
10.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
72
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.3%
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 · When burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (9.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
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About Saint-Jean-d'Hermine
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Jean-d'Hermine is a commune of 3,611 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Vendée 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
Population
3,611 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Sud Vendée Littoral
Département
Vendée (85)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
18.6 sq mi (48.2 km²)
INSEE code
85223
Saint-Jean-d'Hermine’s 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-d'Hermine
Is Saint-Jean-d'Hermine safe?
It grades B− for safety, #29 of 46 in Vendée.
Are schools in Saint-Jean-d'Hermine good?
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns and #17 of 34 in Vendée. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Jean-d'Hermine expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Jean-d'Hermine grades A 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.
