Schools do well (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Add walkability to its strengths (A−): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Soultz-sous-Forêts 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 Soultz-sous-Forêts 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 Soultz-sous-Forêts.
Schools
Schools around Soultz-sous-Forêts do better than those of 96% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Soultz-sous-Forêts, 95.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.5 mi off. School results put the town #5 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Soultz-sous-Forêts earns a D for health
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Soultz-sous-Forêts is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter, 7.6 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, Soultz-sous-Forêts’ deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 284 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 355, 25% more. In Bas-Rhin, women can expect to live 85 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Soultz-sous-Forêts · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
For walkability, Soultz-sous-Forêts ranks above 84% of compared French towns
1,600 jobs are based in Soultz-sous-Forêts, for 1,400 working residents (1.2 per worker). Bus, tram or train carried 5.7% of working residents in Soultz-sous-Forêts to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €27,310 a year per consumption unit, about level with Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot6%
Public transport6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,600
jobs based in Soultz-sous-Forêts, 1.2 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments in Soultz-sous-Forêts, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Soultz-sous-Forêts is Église simultanée Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Hohwiller. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk. Homes from before 1919 make up 9.8% of the total, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Soultz-sous-Forêts is €12.59/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.35/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.
€12.59/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Soultz-sous-Forêts€12.59/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€12.59/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.04 to €15.80/m² a month)
€9.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Outre-Forêt
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Soultz-sous-Forêts than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 25% of adults
Ages in Soultz-sous-Forêts split evenly at 45.3: half are older, half younger. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, in line with Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
45.3median age
Soultz-sous-ForêtsBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%
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 Soultz-sous-Forêts
Is Soultz-sous-Forêts safe?
Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Soultz-sous-Forêts 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 Soultz-sous-Forêts
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Soultz-sous-Forêts is a commune of 3,121 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Outre-Forêt. 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.
