Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. It lags on health as well (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes change hands at a median €1,112/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin 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-Pierre-du-Chemin 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 Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin costs less than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.67/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 59 homes were sold in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin. That is the middle of 59 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,339/m² for the median of compared towns in Vendée.
€1,112/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin€1,112/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,112/m²
59
€8.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.66 to €11.29/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,810
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. At 50.9, the median resident of Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin sits in the middle of the age range.
50.9median age
Saint-Pierre-du-CheminVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%
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
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin, 94 per 100, but more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 236 deaths in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin from 2016 to 2025; there were 306, 30% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 17 mi away. Women in Vendée live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
17 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
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin keeps more of its old housing than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin run lower than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: a median €23,000 a year per consumption unit
8.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Vendée’s towns (7.6%) but below compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 8.7%. Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.8% of working residents in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin, 0.8 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,000
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 46% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin
Is Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin safe?
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin is a commune of 1,354 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. 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
1,354 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie
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.
