Nothing here grades far from typical. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Ensisheim grades B− overall, better than 47% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #33 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. Schools are weaker too (C): brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1 job per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. Crime is low (B+): an average of 10.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
How Ensisheim grades
Each subject compares Ensisheim 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 Ensisheim.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Ensisheim than in Haut-Rhin or compared French towns: 16 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ensisheim is Hôtel de ville. On the Culture ministry’s list, Ensisheim counts 12 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 11 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century. Houses and mansions, 7 of the 12, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Ensisheim is above 72% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Ensisheim is Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller, 6.9 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 692 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 799, 15% more. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Haut-Rhin can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Ensisheim · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller
8.5 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Ensisheim sees less crime than 65% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Ensisheim came to 167 in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
10.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage47
Family violence34
Other physical violence33
Sexual violence25
Burglary14
Theft from vehicles14
Armed robbery0
Fraud35
Theft without violence31
Drug use15
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.
10.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
167
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.7%
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 vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C+
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Ensisheim is €13.20/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.
€13.20/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Ensisheim€13.20/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€13.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.39 to €16.77/m² a month)
€12.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,850
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Centre du Haut-Rhin
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Ensisheim than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8%
Of those in the labour force, 8.6% are unemployed. Jobs located in Ensisheim: 3,200, for 3,150 residents in work (1 each). 3.4% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,200
jobs based in Ensisheim, 1 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,770
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 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Ensisheim than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 27% of adults
Children under 15 make up 17%, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Half of Ensisheim is older than 42.3, half younger.
42.3median age
EnsisheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Léon Boëllmann: photo Ch. Reutlinger, Paris, BNF Richelieu, Public domain · Charles François de Virot de Sombreuil: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ensisheim’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ensisheim
Is Ensisheim safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #25 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 47 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ensisheim good?
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #46 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Ensisheim
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Ensisheim is a commune of 7,306 people in the Communauté de communes du Centre du Haut-Rhin. 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.
