Overall, Huningue earns a B+: better than 72% of compared French towns, and #24 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. It is easy to get around without a car: 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 34% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results are strong: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 3.8 points above the expected rate. Crime is the sore point: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 19.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for cost of living and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
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 Huningue 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.
Ancienne église catholique (paroissiale) Saint-Louis: Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monument du Général Abatucci: Photo: Philippe Meisburger · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monument du général Chérin avec les bornes et les chaînes qui l'entourent: Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tribunal d'Instance: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Huningue.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Huningue has higher unemployment than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 15.1%
34%walk, cycle or take transit
Huningue has 3,250 jobs for 3,100 working residents, 1.1 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,810 a year. Bus, tram or train carried 11.3% of working residents in Huningue to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving63%
Bicycle16%
Public transport11%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,250
jobs based in Huningue, 1.1 per working resident
15.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Exam results around Huningue beat 74% of compared French towns
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Huningue is 94.4%, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. On school results, the town ranks #22 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. At the general lycée, 97% of 514 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Huningue sees more crime than 67% of compared French towns
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Huningue (2025). For 2025, the figures show 221 offenses here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage69
Theft from vehicles64
Burglary45
Other physical violence22
Family violence21
Theft without violence93
Drug use30
Fraud25
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
221
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.8%
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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 1.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Huningue has a higher adjusted death rate than 64% of compared French towns
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Huningue: 93 deaths for every 100 expected. 509 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 521: 2% below. Average lifespans in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There is one general practitioner here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Huningue · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Pole Public Saint Louis Ghrmsa
14.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Emile Muller
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A younger town: only 19% of people in Huningue are 65 or over, fewer than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
42median age
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.4%, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Huningue has a median age of 42 years.
HuningueHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Maximilien Joseph Hurtault: Merry-Joseph Blondel, Public domain · Michel Ordener: Dominique Tertrais, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Antoine Keller: journaliste, Public domain
About Huningue
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Huningue is a commune of 7,487 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Louis 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Huningue
Is Huningue safe?
It grades C for safety, #40 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 45 burglaries and 69 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Huningue good?
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #22 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.
