Schools are its strong suit — brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at A, #16 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. On that grade it does better than 89% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for cost of living and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Marckolsheim 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 Marckolsheim.
Schools
Schools around Marckolsheim do better than those of 96% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Marckolsheim, 95.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. General-bac pupils go 7.6 mi to the nearest lycée. On school results, the town ranks #5 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
A walkable place: Marckolsheim beats 78% of compared French towns on foot
Unemployment stands at 10.8%. Just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Marckolsheim counts 1.1 jobs (2,150 jobs, 1,850 workers).
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Bicycle4%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,150
jobs based in Marckolsheim, 1.1 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Marckolsheim has less crime per resident than 65% of compared French towns
In 2025, other physical violence led the graded crimes in Marckolsheim. All told, Marckolsheim had 75 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 8.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.4 (2023–2025 average).
8.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence20
Family violence18
Criminal damage17
Sexual violence10
Theft from vehicles10
Armed robbery0
Fraud39
Theft without violence26
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.
8.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
75
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.0%
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 · When burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Marckolsheim has a higher adjusted death rate than 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Marckolsheim can choose among 10 GPs. Its care home for older people (114 places) counts its residents as Marckolsheim’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 413 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 488, 18% more. The nearest emergency department to Marckolsheim is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 8.5 mi away.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Marckolsheim · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
8.5 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
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments in Marckolsheim, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Protection here reaches back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Marckolsheim hold a degree than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 23%
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Marckolsheim by age and the one in the middle is 44. Under-15s account for 17% of the population.
44median age
MarckolsheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
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%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marckolsheim
Is Marckolsheim safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #38 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
Are schools in Marckolsheim good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns and #5 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Marckolsheim
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Marckolsheim is a commune of 4,398 people in the Communauté de communes du Ried de Marckolsheim. 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.
