Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.8% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too (C).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard 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-Jard 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.
Dolmen du Grand-Bouillac · Classé · Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard’s story
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Bonaventure Giraudeau, born in 1697, is the one person born in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1970First protected: Maison de campagne de Georges Clemenceau
1991Most recently protected: Dolmen du Grand-Bouillac
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Maison de campagne de Georges Clemenceau: Photo: Zeisterre · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen du Grand-Bouillac: Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard.
Who lives here
Children make up only 7.6% of Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard, fewer than in Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
65median age
5.5% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up half of residents. Graduates make up 21% of adults.
Saint-Vincent-sur-JardVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
50%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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 D
Buying in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard costs more than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,412/m²
€3,412/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.95/m² a month, above Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. The market in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard: 175 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard€3,412/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,412/m²
157
€13.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.39 to €18.74/m² a month)
9.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.21/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
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard, 12.8%, runs above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €27,430 a year per consumption unit, above both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 6.8% of working residents in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Bicycle3%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
200
jobs based in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard, 0.4 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
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 B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard run lower than in 63% of compared French towns
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 211 residents of Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard died, against 253 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 84 per 100 expected, near Vendée’s towns (85) and lower than compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard is Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere, 11.5 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere
11.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
2 historic monuments in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard, 2 classé
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard is Dolmen du Grand-Bouillac. 3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, below Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard. 21 offenses were reported in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard during 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.3 violent offenses and 12.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary12
Criminal damage9
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
39.5%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 39.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard is a commune of 1,741 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
Population
1,741 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral
Département
Vendée (85)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.6 km²)
INSEE code
85278
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard’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-Vincent-sur-Jard
Is Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard safe?
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard grades D 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.
