Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 2,323 people, lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Where it does best is jobs & income — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 45% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Houssen has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Houssen does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Houssen 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.
Houssen has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Houssen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église mixte de Wihr-en-Plaine, in Horbourg-Wihr, 3.3 mi away.
4% 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 Houssen.
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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
104 deaths in Houssen between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 137: 24% below. Life expectancy in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Houssen have one GP on hand.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 19% of residents. Degrees are held by a third of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Houssen | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Hector BerliozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 155 | 87%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €29,050 a year per consumption unit, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8.3% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out and gardens in and near Houssen. Best known first.
Nothing in Houssen 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 Houssen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houssen | 2,323 | — | — | D | — | A− |
| Horbourg-Wihr | 6,199 | 3.2 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| Colmar | 66,970 | 3.5 | C+ | C | C− | B− |
| Ingersheim | 4,774 | 3.8 | A− | C | A | C+ |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble | 4,383 | 5 | A | B+ | B | C |
| Wintzenheim | 8,059 | 5 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Turckheim | 4,139 | 5.2 | A | C | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Houssen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Houssen is a commune of 2,323 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Colmar 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.