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Population 2,596: a town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
A town of contrasts. Housing is expensive: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 48% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime is low: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walkability is a strength too: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a C+, good for #36 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. That leaves it better than 38% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The one thing Baldersheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Baldersheim 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Baldersheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Stèle géodésique, in Sausheim, 0.7 mi away.
2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baldersheim.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €12.48/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
Over 2025, Baldersheim logged 36 recorded offenses. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in the town.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 17.8% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Baldersheim, 77.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 77% passed the bac pro, of 188 candidates at 2 lycées. Schools rank #47 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules VerneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 80%−5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Don Bosco PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 87 | 86%±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 109 | 84%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 6.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 8.3% of people in the labour force have no job. Jobs located in Baldersheim: 350, for 1,150 residents in work (0.3 each).
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.
Baldersheim has 2 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Baldersheim records 96 deaths per 100 expected, close to Haut-Rhin’s towns (92) and above compared French towns (88). 193 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 202: 4% below. Women in Haut-Rhin live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. Degrees are held by 34% of adults, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Typical age in Baldersheim: 47.2, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Baldersheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Baldersheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Baldersheim yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldersheim | 2,596 | — | C+ | D | A− | C |
| Sausheim | 5,666 | 1.2 | C | C− | C+ | C |
| Illzach | 14,923 | 2.3 | D | C− | C | C |
| Ruelisheim | 2,519 | 2.4 | — | C− | — | B |
| Kingersheim | 13,354 | 2.6 | C− | D | B | C+ |
| Wittenheim | 15,553 | 2.6 | C− | C− | B | D |
| Rixheim | 14,380 | 3.5 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #47 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Baldersheim is a commune of 2,596 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. 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 November 4, 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.