Saint-Bris-le-Vineux’s best grade is for cost of living (A) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy does well: 1 job per working resident; 6.8% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (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 go for a median €957/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-Bris-le-Vineux 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-Bris-le-Vineux 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.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.31/m² a month
€957/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 41 homes were sold in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux. That is the middle of 41 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,433/m² for the median of compared towns in Yonne.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Bris-le-Vineux€957/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€957/m²
41
€9.31/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.63 to €11.36/m² a month)
2.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Saint-Bris-le-Vineux has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9% are 15 to 24
52.2median age
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults. People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, above both Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). 14% of residents are children under 15.
Saint-Bris-le-VineuxYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Saint-Bris-le-Vineux has lower unemployment than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8%
12%walk, cycle or take transit
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,420 a year. For its 450 residents in work, Saint-Bris-le-Vineux has 450 jobs: 1 each. 12.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot10%
Bicycle2%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux, 1 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 74% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Bris-le-Vineux sees more deaths than 65% of compared French towns
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Yonne, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 318 deaths in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 207: 54% above. Its care home for older people (88 places) counts its residents as Saint-Bris-le-Vineux’s; allowing for it, deaths were 6% below expected. One GP practises in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw154
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Auxerre
6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Auxerre
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Bris-le-Vineux is a commune of 1,024 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois. 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
1,024 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
12.1 sq mi (31.4 km²)
INSEE code
89337
Saint-Bris-le-Vineux’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-Bris-le-Vineux
Is Saint-Bris-le-Vineux safe?
Saint-Bris-le-Vineux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Bris-le-Vineux expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Bris-le-Vineux 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.
