Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,157 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Eckbolsheim grades B+ overall: better than 70% of compared French towns, and #35 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 50% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 35% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Eckbolsheim 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Eckbolsheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église protestante Sainte-Aurélie, in Strasbourg, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Eckbolsheim. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg4.7 km east, in Strasbourg
MuseumMusée alsacien4.7 km east, in Strasbourg
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg4.8 km east, in Strasbourg
ChâteauPalais Rohan4.8 km east, in Strasbourg
Monastery or conventÉglise protestante Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune de Strasbourg4.4 km east, in Strasbourg
MuseumMusée historique de Strasbourg4.7 km east, in StrasbourgPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eckbolsheim.
Median disposable income comes to €28,580 a year per consumption unit. Eckbolsheim has 2,750 jobs for 3,250 working residents, 0.8 per worker. Bus, tram or train carried 13.4% of working residents in Eckbolsheim to work at the census.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Bas-Rhin live to 85 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 409 residents of Eckbolsheim died, against 560 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. Also worth knowing: the town has 10 family doctors.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #47 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Near Eckbolsheim, 92.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the eight general lycées, 95% of 1,617 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Katia et Maurice KrafftNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 115 | 85%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Marcel RudloffNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 289 | 92%±0 pts |
| Collège ÉrasmeBest against expectations: 21 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 81 | 91%+21 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
20% of residents are 65 or over, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Under 15: 17% of residents. The age that splits Eckbolsheim in two is 42.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Eckbolsheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.7. Police and gendarmerie figures for Eckbolsheim show 167 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Eckbolsheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Eckbolsheim.
Charly Grosskost: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · J. Laurent-Lapp: Nadar, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckbolsheim | 7,157 | — | B+ | D | B− | A |
| Wolfisheim | 4,217 | 1 | B+ | D | A+ | B− |
| Lingolsheim | 20,826 | 1.5 | C+ | D | B+ | B− |
| Oberhausbergen | 5,857 | 1.7 | B− | D− | B− | C+ |
| Oberschaeffolsheim | 2,597 | 1.8 | — | D | — | A− |
| Ostwald | 13,946 | 2.4 | D | D− | B− | C |
| Holtzheim | 3,850 | 2.6 | — | D | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #49 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 31 burglaries and 51 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #47 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Eckbolsheim is a commune of 7,157 people in the Eurométropole de Strasbourg. 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.
