Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 13,354 residents and lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
More weak spots than strong ones. At C− overall, Kingersheim ranks #43 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. On that grade it does better than 19% of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 46% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag (C−): bac results 0.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.1 points above the expected rate. Its best grade is for walkability — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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.
Each subject compares Kingersheim 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 Kingersheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Sainte-Barbe, in Wittenheim, 2.4 mi away.
0.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Kingersheim. Best known first.
MuseumMusée national de l'Automobile3.3 km south, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée historique de Mulhouse4.9 km south, in MulhouseAttractionAttractionAquarium Tropicalin townChâteauChâteauBollwerk4.8 km south, in MulhouseMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent cistercien de Schoenensteinbach2.5 km west, in RichwillerPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kingersheim.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #50 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. 86.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Kingersheim, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 81% passed the bac pro, of 566 candidates at 6 lycées.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile ZolaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 84%+4 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
3,400 jobs are based in Kingersheim, for 5,300 working residents (0.6 per worker). The median disposable income was €25,950 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690). Public transport took 4.7% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 8 general practitioners in Kingersheim. Its two care homes for older people (141 places) count their residents as Kingersheim’s; allowing for them, deaths were 7% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,327 residents of Kingersheim died, against 1,294 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. In Haut-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.3 violent offenses and 11.6 graded property crimes a year. 2025 saw 288 offenses recorded in Kingersheim. Also worth knowing: in 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
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 · For 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, 0.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older. 16% are under 15, about level with Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). At 46.2, the median resident of Kingersheim sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Kingersheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 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 Kingersheim 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 Kingersheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingersheim | 13,354 | — | C− | D | B | C+ |
| Wittenheim | 15,553 | 1.4 | C− | C− | B | D |
| Illzach | 14,923 | 1.7 | D | C− | C | C |
| Sausheim | 5,666 | 1.9 | C | C− | C+ | C |
| Pfastatt | 10,314 | 2 | C | C− | A− | C |
| Richwiller | 3,905 | 2.5 | B | C− | A+ | B |
| Baldersheim | 2,596 | 2.6 | C+ | D | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #28 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 43 burglaries and 106 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. 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
Kingersheim is a commune of 13,354 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.