Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,284 residents, it is a town in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Where it does best is walkability (A−) — 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 42% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Ebersheim 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.
The one thing Ebersheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ebersheim 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.
Ebersheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Ebersheim has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ebersheim.
The median disposable income was €28,490 a year per consumption unit, about level with Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and above compared French towns (€25,970). For its 1,150 residents in work, Ebersheim has 350 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
France’s property-sale records don’t cover Alsace and Moselle, which keep their own land register, so the Cost Grade here uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median resident of Ebersheim is 43.3 years old. 30% of adults hold a degree. One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Ebersheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 18th century. Nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 154 residents of Ebersheim died, against 178 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. Life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Ebersheim can choose among 4 GPs.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Ebersheim has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Ebersheim.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebersheim | 2,284 | — | — | C− | — | B− |
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | 3.1 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Scherwiller | 3,099 | 3.7 | — | B− | — | C |
| Sélestat | 19,589 | 3.7 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Châtenois | 4,294 | 5 | A | C | A | C+ |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 5.4 | A− | C | B+ | C+ |
| Benfeld | 5,973 | 6.3 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ebersheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Ebersheim is a commune of 2,284 people in the Communauté de communes de Sélestat. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.