A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Work and incomes are strong (A−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. Huttenheim grades A− overall, better than 76% of compared French towns, and ranks #30 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Add schools to its strengths (A−) — brevet results 0.9 points above the expected rate. What counts against it is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Huttenheim 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 Huttenheim.
Schools
Schools around Huttenheim do better than those of 78% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Huttenheim, 92.3% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.3 mi off. Results rank its schools #25 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Huttenheim is €13.87/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.82/m² a month. 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.
€13.87/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Huttenheim€13.87/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€13.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.08 to €17.36/m² a month)
€11.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Canton d'Erstein
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Huttenheim has fewer older residents than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 17% are 65 or over
Under-15s account for 18% of the population. The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Residents of Huttenheim have a median age of 42.2.
42.2median age
HuttenheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. 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
Safety
Less crime per resident in Huttenheim than in 66% of compared French towns
In 2025, 35 offenses were recorded in Huttenheim. Violence against people averaged 10.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8. Of the graded crimes in the town, other physical violence came up most often (2025).
10.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence21
Family violence14
Armed robbery0
Fraud22
Theft without violence7
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.
10.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
35
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
15.0%
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 sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 15.0% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Huttenheim keeps more of its old housing than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 12% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Huttenheim, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Huttenheim run higher than in 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Bas-Rhin can expect 85 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 204 deaths in Huttenheim from 2016 to 2025; there were 185, 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Huttenheim is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 9.6 mi away.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Huttenheim · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
9.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Huttenheim
Is Huttenheim safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #37 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
Are schools in Huttenheim good?
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns and #25 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Huttenheim
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Huttenheim is a commune of 2,735 people in the Communauté de communes du Canton d'Erstein. 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.
