Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. Where it does best is walkability — nearly nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Haguenau’s overall grade of B puts it better than 56% of compared French towns, #44 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. The trade-off is cost of living (C−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 41% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Haguenau 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 Haguenau.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
A walkable place: Haguenau beats 86% of compared French towns on foot
Haguenau holds 23,850 jobs; 16,750 of its residents are in work, so 1.4 jobs each. 23.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 11.2%, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
Public transport10%
On foot8%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
23,850
jobs based in Haguenau, 1.4 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
22 historic monuments in Haguenau, 3 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Haguenau is Fontaine aux Abeilles. Per 10,000 residents, Haguenau counts 6 protected monuments. 3.8% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
91.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 2.4 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 337 candidates at 3 lycées. Its collèges and lycées rank #38 of 77 in Bas-Rhin on results. At the three general lycées, 98% of 708 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A young town: 13% of people in Haguenau are 15 to 24, more than in both Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for a fifth of residents. The median resident of Haguenau is 42.6 years old. 31% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Bas-Rhin 32%, France 30%).
42.6median age
HaguenauBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Haguenau’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Haguenau has 51 family doctors. Its three care homes for older people (241 places) count their residents as Haguenau’s; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 2,927 residents of Haguenau died, against 2,968 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. In Bas-Rhin, women can expect to live 85 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
51
GPs in Haguenau · 5.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Haguenau
1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Haguenau
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Haguenau has less crime per resident than 53% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Haguenau, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people ran at 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.6 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Haguenau logged 753 recorded offenses.
8.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage314
Other physical violence120
Family violence117
Theft from vehicles72
Burglary61
Sexual violence53
Vehicle theft16
Theft without violence259
Fraud195
Drug use126
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.
8.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
753
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Léo Westermann: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Albano Olivetti: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Pierre Seel: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Serdar Gürler: Ultraslansi, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marius Schneider: MariusSchneider.jpg : spouse Birgit Schneider derivative work: Bjs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anne Sander: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0
Haguenau’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 Haguenau
Is Haguenau safe?
It grades B− for safety, #47 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 61 burglaries and 314 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Haguenau good?
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns and #38 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 100% of 104 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Sainte-Philomène in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Haguenau
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Haguenau is a commune of 36,391 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Haguenau. 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.
