Where it falls short is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 52% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is easy to get around without a car: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay hold up well (A−): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking #49 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. On that grade it does better than 48% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, B− for schools and C+ for health.
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) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Oberhausbergen 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.
Église protestante Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune de Strasbourg: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oberhausbergen.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
For walkability, Oberhausbergen ranks above 96% of compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €29,280 a year per consumption unit. 7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 12.6% of working residents in Oberhausbergen went to work by public transport.
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
Public transport13%
Bicycle10%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,950
jobs based in Oberhausbergen, 0.7 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,280
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 96% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Oberhausbergen’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (232 places) counts its residents as Oberhausbergen’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 970 residents of Oberhausbergen died, against 814 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. At birth, a girl in Bas-Rhin can expect 85 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 13 family doctors.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
13
GPs in Oberhausbergen · 7.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital de Hautepierre
1.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de Hautepierre
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Degrees are more common in Oberhausbergen than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 50% of adults
16% are under 15, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. The median resident of Oberhausbergen is 43.8 years old.
43.8median age
OberhausbergenBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education50%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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
Schools
82.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the 14 collèges within 5 km, 4.1 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Oberhausbergen is 90.2%, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 69% passed the bac pro, of 257 candidates at 3 lycées. School results put the town #59 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Oberhausbergen has less crime per resident than 54% of compared French towns
Over 2025, Oberhausbergen logged 132 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.3. Also worth knowing: more of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage45
Burglary29
Family violence22
Theft from vehicles14
Other physical violence11
Sexual violence11
Armed robbery0
Fraud60
Theft without violence44
Drug use21
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.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
132
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.4%
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 · For vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 1.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Oberhausbergen
Is Oberhausbergen safe?
It grades B− for safety, #46 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Oberhausbergen good?
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns and #59 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. 92% of 289 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marcel Rudloff in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Oberhausbergen
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Oberhausbergen is a commune of 5,857 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.