Good value, with catches elsewhere. Its best grade is for safety (A): an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buhl grades A overall, better than 86% of compared French towns. It ranks #18 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. What holds it back is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Buhl 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 Buhl.
Safety
For crime per resident, Buhl sits below 94% of compared French towns
Buhl’s tally for 2025: 17 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage9
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Theft without violence8
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.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.1%
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Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 24.1% of the index here.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.
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Buhl than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.71/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.
€10.71/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Buhl€10.71/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€10.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.36 to €13.71/m² a month)
€8.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,290
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Région de Guebwiller
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Buhl has lower unemployment than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1%
At the census, nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Buhl holds 500 jobs; 1,400 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. The median disposable income is €26,720 a year per consumption unit.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
500
jobs based in Buhl, 0.4 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 75% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Buhl sees more deaths than 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Buhl come to 97 per 100 predicted. 266 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 276: 3% below. In Haut-Rhin, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 2 family doctors.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Buhl · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller
12.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buhl keeps more of its old housing than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century. Among the classé monuments in Buhl is Église catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste. On the Culture ministry’s list, Buhl counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 27% have a degree.
44.6median age
BuhlHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
85.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.9 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 91% passed the bac pro, of 154 candidates at 2 lycées. The bac pass rate near Buhl is 94.7%, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. On school results, the town ranks #33 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Maison d'habitation: Photo: Katzy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines du château de Hugstein: Photo: Rémi Stosskopf Original uploader was Florival fr at fr.wikipedia · CC BY 1.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Buhl
Is Buhl safe?
It grades A for safety, #5 of 45 in Haut-Rhin.
Are schools in Buhl good?
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns and #33 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. 97% of 209 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Alfred Kastler in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Buhl
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Buhl is a commune of 3,100 people in the Communauté de communes de la Région de Guebwiller. 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.
