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KunheimHaut-Rhin

Home to 1,822 people, this town lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.

Is Kunheim a good place to live?

Cost of living is a strength too (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B for walkability.

Kunheim 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.

How Kunheim grades

Each subject compares Kunheim 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 grading works

Kunheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Jobs & income5.4% unemploymentA+Open →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesA−Open →WalkabilityEasier than most to get around on footBOpen →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French townsB−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Kunheim’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Kunheim’s story

No historic monuments in Kunheim

The Culture ministry lists no building in Kunheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Saint-Michel, in Baltzenheim, 1.6 mi away.

3.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kunheim.

HousingCost of living A−

Renting in Kunheim costs less than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.18/m² a month

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.

€11.18/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Kunheim€11.18/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€11.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.76 to €14.26/m² a month)
€11.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,130
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Alsace Rhin Brisach

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income A+

Fewer people in Kunheim are out of work than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.4%

One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €28,880 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Kunheim didn’t travel to work at all.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,050
jobs based in Kunheim, 1.3 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 62% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Older residents shape Kunheim: 25% are 65 or over, above Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

At 47.9, the median resident of Kunheim sits in the middle of the age range. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, about level with Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and below compared French towns (11%).

47.9median age
KunheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Kunheim
KunheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4420%24%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+25%22%22%
No diploma18%18%19%
CAP or BEP30%29%26%
Baccalauréat24%18%18%
Higher education24%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes

HealthHealth B−

Kunheim’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 50% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

France’s death rates at each age would predict 253 deaths in Kunheim from 2016 to 2025; there were 368, 45% more. Its care home for older people (115 places) counts its residents as Kunheim’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Kunheim is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 9.2 mi away. The town has one family doctor.

−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw145
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Kunheim · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
7.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Albert Schweitzer
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.

Nearby attractions

Vicus gallo-romain de l'Oedenbourg and 3 more in and around Kunheim

Heritage and museums in and near Kunheim. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Kunheim

12pages on Kunheim

Landmarks

Nothing in Kunheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Kunheim

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Kunheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Kunheim’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Haut-Rhin →
VolgelsheimMarckolsheimHorbourg-WihrSainte-Croix-en-PlaineColmarIngersheimVolgelsheimMarckolsheimHorbourg-WihrSainte-Croix-en-PlaineColmarIngersheimKunheim
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Kunheim1,822——A−—B−
Volgelsheim2,7204.2—A−—C
Marckolsheim Bas-Rhin4,3986ABB+C+
Horbourg-Wihr6,1996.3AC−A+B−
Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine3,0048.5—C—B−
Colmar66,9708.6C+CC−B−
Ingersheim4,77411A−CAC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Kunheim

Is Kunheim safe?

Kunheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 1,050 jobs for 800 working residents, Kunheim draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.

About Kunheim

Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est

Kunheim is a commune of 1,822 people in the Communauté de communes Alsace Rhin Brisach. 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

Population
1,822 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Alsace Rhin Brisach
Département
Haut-Rhin (68)
Région
Grand Est
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.8 km²)
INSEE code
68172

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 October 30, 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.