Eckwersheim’s strongest is schools: brevet results at the expected rate. The local economy does well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. Cost of living is its weak spot — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 53% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Eckwersheim 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 Eckwersheim 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Eckwersheim sees fewer deaths than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 84 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
100 deaths in Eckwersheim between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 119: 16% below. Women in Bas-Rhin live to 85 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has one family doctor.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Eckwersheim · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital de Hautepierre
6.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre Medico Chirurgical et Obstetrical
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Eckwersheim is better off than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €32,250 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 6.0%, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, a tenth of working residents in Eckwersheim went to work by public transport.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Public transport10%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Eckwersheim, 0.3 per working resident
6.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Eckwersheim, fewer than in both Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 40% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.1% of residents, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Eckwersheim is 48.6.
48.6median age
EckwersheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education40%
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%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Eckwersheim
Is Eckwersheim safe?
Eckwersheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Eckwersheim good?
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Eckwersheim
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Eckwersheim is a commune of 1,419 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
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.
