Where it does best is safety: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schools are a strength too: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 3.2 points above the expected rate. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, better than 91% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #10 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for cost of living and B− for health.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Issenheim 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 Issenheim.
Safety
Issenheim sees less crime per resident than 98% of compared French towns
2025 saw 21 offenses recorded in Issenheim. No compared town in Haut-Rhin has less graded crime per resident than Issenheim: it ranks first of 45. The commonest graded crime in the town was sexual violence (2025).
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence8
Family violence7
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
Theft without violence14
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
21.4%
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 other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 21.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer commuters in Issenheim walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 8.6%
Half of residents lived on more than €28,220 a year per consumption unit, near Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). 1,200 jobs are based in Issenheim, for 1,500 working residents (0.8 per worker). 9.2% of people in the labour force have no job.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,200
jobs based in Issenheim, 0.8 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,220
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 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Issenheim than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 92.4%
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. At the lycées within 5 km of Issenheim, 95.1% passed the bac, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #23 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Issenheim, fewer than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
27% of residents are 65 or over, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The median resident of Issenheim is 48.8 years old. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 10% of residents.
48.8median age
IssenheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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
History
2 historic monuments in Issenheim, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 8.9% of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Issenheim is Ancienne préceptorerie des Antonins, actuellement Maison Saint-Michel. The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Issenheim’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (156 places) count their residents as Issenheim’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 557 residents of Issenheim died, against 470 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. Life expectancy in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 8 GPs practise locally.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Issenheim · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller
11.8 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
Filature Gast: Photo: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Ancienne préceptorerie des Antonins, actuellement Maison Saint-Michel: Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Issenheim
Is Issenheim safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 45 in Haut-Rhin.
Are schools in Issenheim good?
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #23 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 100% of 54 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Institution Champagnat 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.
About Issenheim
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Issenheim is a commune of 3,502 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.
