Much to like here, and you pay for it. Its schools beat most (A): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Bollwiller’s overall grade is A−, better than just over four fifths of compared French towns. That places it #21 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. Recorded crime is low: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Prices are high against local incomes (C−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 42% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Bollwiller 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 Bollwiller.
Schools
Brevet results near Bollwiller run high: 97.0% passed, above Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
100.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Bollwiller, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Schools rank #6 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away.
100%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Bollwiller sits below 89% of compared French towns
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Bollwiller. Over 2025, Bollwiller logged 56 recorded offenses.
6.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage21
Family violence15
Burglary8
Sexual violence7
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud28
Theft without violence17
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.
6.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
56
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
10.6%
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 and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 10.6% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C−
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Bollwiller is €12.56/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
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.
€12.56/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Bollwiller€12.56/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€12.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.95 to €15.86/m² a month)
€11.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,850
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Bollwiller loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 81 per 100 expected, below Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Haut-Rhin is 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 419 deaths in Bollwiller from 2016 to 2025; there were 398, 5% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Bollwiller can choose among 2 GPs.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Bollwiller · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller
8.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Diaconat Fonderie
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer commuters in Bollwiller walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 9.2%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,760 a year. Bus, tram or train carried 4.6% of working residents in Bollwiller to work at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 11.0%.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport5%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Bollwiller, 0.3 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 66% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Bollwiller, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 3.3% of the total, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 18% of people in Bollwiller are under 15, more than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Line up the people of Bollwiller by age and the one in the middle is 41.9. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, about level with both Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 28% have a degree.
41.9median age
BollwillerHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bollwiller
Is Bollwiller safe?
It grades A for safety, #8 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bollwiller good?
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #6 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 100% of 54 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Institution Champagnat in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Bollwiller
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Bollwiller is a commune of 4,184 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
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.
