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.
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.
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
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
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
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 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
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
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
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.