Bouxwiller grades A overall: better than 92% of compared French towns, and #10 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is health (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. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 5 points above the expected rate.
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 Bouxwiller 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 Bouxwiller.
History
Bouxwiller keeps more of its old housing than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Bouxwiller has 51 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (3.9) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Since 2023, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Houses and mansions, 10 of the 19, make up the bulk. The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century.
19historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit18
Level not given1
13th c.
oldest protected part
1930
first monument protected
2023
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
For walkability, Bouxwiller ranks above 77% of compared French towns
Per resident in work, Bouxwiller counts 1.3 jobs (2,100 jobs, 1,650 workers). 4.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Median disposable income comes to €26,570 a year per consumption unit.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot7%
Public transport6%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,100
jobs based in Bouxwiller, 1.3 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Bouxwiller ranks below 71% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.3. Police and gendarmerie recorded 72 offenses in Bouxwiller in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Bouxwiller (2025).
8.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Other physical violence21
Sexual violence15
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud17
Theft without violence14
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.
8.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.3
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
7.8%
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 · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 7.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Bouxwiller sees more deaths than 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 536 residents of Bouxwiller died, against 416 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. Its care home for older people (124 places) counts its residents as Bouxwiller’s; allowing for it, deaths were 6% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Bouxwiller is Centre hospitalier Sainte Catherine de Saverne, 7.6 mi away. 7 GPs practise locally.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Bouxwiller · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Sainte Catherine de Saverne
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Sainte Catherine de Saverne
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A young town: 12% of people in Bouxwiller are 15 to 24, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The age that splits Bouxwiller in two is 46.
46median age
BouxwillerBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
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Bouxwiller’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 Bouxwiller
Is Bouxwiller safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #30 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
Are schools in Bouxwiller good?
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #10 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Bouxwiller
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Bouxwiller is a commune of 3,754 people in the Communauté de communes de Hanau-La Petite Pierre. 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.
