Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, home to 14,923 people.
Illzach grades low on several counts. Prices are high against local incomes: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 44% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is weaker too: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 14.3% unemployment. Its strongest subject is walkability: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at D, better than 11% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The one thing Illzach does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Illzach 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Illzach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Anciennes fortifications, in Mulhouse, 1.8 mi away.
1.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Illzach. Best known first.
MuseumMusée national de l'Automobile2.4 km southwest, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse3.3 km south, in Mulhouse
ZooParc zoologique et botanique de Mulhouse4.3 km south, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée du papier peint4.5 km southeast, in Rixheim
MuseumMusée historique de Mulhouse3.2 km south, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée de l'impression sur étoffes3.3 km south, in MulhousePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Illzach.
Unemployment stood at 14.3%, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The median disposable income is €23,120 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried a tenth of working residents in Illzach to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €12.13/m² a month. 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.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Illzach records 97 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,270 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,404, 11% more. Average lifespans in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Illzach can choose among 7 GPs.
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.
The commonest graded crime in Illzach was criminal damage (2025). All told, Illzach had 403 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10.5 cases of violence against people and 14.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Illzach, 88.6% passed the bac, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #42 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules VerneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 80%−5 pts |
| Lycée Jean Henri LambertNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 168 | 96%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 109 | 84%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Typical age in Illzach: 42, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Illzach | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Illzach is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Illzach as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illzach | 14,923 | — | D | C− | C | C |
| Sausheim | 5,666 | 1.1 | C | C− | C+ | C |
| Kingersheim | 13,354 | 1.7 | C− | D | B | C+ |
| Riedisheim | 12,200 | 1.9 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Mulhouse | 104,978 | 1.9 | D− | C | D− | D |
| Baldersheim | 2,596 | 2.3 | C+ | D | A− | C |
| Pfastatt | 10,314 | 2.5 | C | C− | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #38 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 150 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns and #42 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 96% of 168 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Henri Lambert 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.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Illzach is a commune of 14,923 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
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.