Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,607 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Kilstett has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 40% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 4.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Kilstett does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Kilstett 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.
Kilstett has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Kilstett as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bains rituels, in Bischheim, 6.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kilstett.
Unemployment stood at 4.7%, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Kilstett didn’t travel to work at all. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 14.5% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Bas-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 154 residents of Kilstett died, against 189 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €11.97/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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #42 of 77 in Bas-Rhin on results. The closest collège is 1.6 mi off. General-bac pupils go 5.8 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 91%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
19% of residents are 65 or over, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents. The median resident of Kilstett is 46.7 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Kilstett | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 1.9 violent offenses and 8.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Recorded offenses in Kilstett came to 18 in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Kilstett (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 29.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums and other places to visit in and near Kilstett. Best known first.
MuseumMM Park France3.6 km west, in La WantzenauMuseumMuseumMusée de la Passe à Poisson de Gambsheim Rheinau4.5 km east, in GambsheimAttractionAttractionMicro Centrale Électrique4.5 km east, in GambsheimPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Kilstett is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Kilstett.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilstett | 2,607 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Gambsheim | 5,312 | 1.6 | A | C− | A+ | C |
| La Wantzenau | 5,864 | 1.7 | A− | D− | A | B |
| Hœrdt | 4,570 | 3.7 | A+ | C− | A+ | B− |
| Weyersheim | 3,512 | 3.8 | A | C | A+ | C− |
| Herrlisheim | 4,694 | 4.3 | A | C | A+ | C |
| Reichstett | 4,732 | 5.3 | C+ | D | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Kilstett has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns and #42 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Kilstett is a commune of 2,607 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Rhénan. 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.