Households here earn well: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. Add schools to its strengths (B+): bac results 1.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The Culture ministry’s register holds 9 historic monuments.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Scherwiller has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Scherwiller 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 Scherwiller.
History
Scherwiller is rich in protected monuments: 29 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
9.7% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Scherwiller is Ruines des châteaux de Ortenbourg et de Ramstein. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Scherwiller, 95.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 88% passed the bac pro, of 228 candidates at 2 lycées. Also worth knowing: on results, collèges and lycées here come #29 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Scherwiller has lower unemployment than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 5.9%
The median disposable income is €30,280 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took a tenth of Scherwiller’s working residents to work at the census.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Public transport10%
Bicycle3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,300
jobs based in Scherwiller, 0.9 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Scherwiller has a higher adjusted death rate than 65% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
325 deaths in Scherwiller between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 299: 9% above. Its care home for older people (46 places) counts its residents as Scherwiller’s; allowing for it, deaths were 6% below expected. There are 2 general practitioners locally. Life expectancy at birth in Bas-Rhin is 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Scherwiller · 6.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
2 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
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Scherwiller is €12.09/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €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.
€12.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Scherwiller€12.09/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€12.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.67 to €15.13/m² a month)
€11.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Sélestat
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Scherwiller than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15
35% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Scherwiller are older than 47.5.
47.5median age
ScherwillerBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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 Scherwiller
Is Scherwiller safe?
Scherwiller has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Scherwiller good?
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns and #29 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 100% of 333 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Docteur Koeberlé in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Scherwiller
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Scherwiller is a commune of 3,099 people in the Communauté de communes de Sélestat. 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.
