Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon’s best grade is for schools: brevet results 4.5 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon 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-Vincent-sur-Graon 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
On foot, Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon works less well than 93% of compared French towns
At the census, 4.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The unemployment rate comes to 7.4%. Median disposable income comes to €25,000 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
200
jobs based in Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon, 0.3 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon costs less than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.41/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,886/m², lower than both Vendée’s towns (€2,339/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 54 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,886/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon€1,886/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,886/m²
54
€9.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.07 to €12.52/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.60/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
HealthHealth C
Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon: 96 deaths for every 100 expected. 109 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 113: 4% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon is Clinique Saint Charles, 10.1 mi away. In Vendée, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Charles
10.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Charles
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 21% of people in Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon are under 15, more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. At 41, the median resident of Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon sits in the middle of the age range.
41median age
Saint-Vincent-sur-GraonVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
19%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon
Is Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon safe?
Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon good?
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon grades A− for cost of living.
About Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon is a commune of 1,615 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.
