Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Lautenbach 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 Lautenbach 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 Lautenbach.
HealthHealth C−
Lautenbach has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Lautenbach records 102 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 130 residents of Lautenbach died, against 127 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. Life expectancy in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Lautenbach · 1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller
12.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Lautenbach than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 80.0%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Lautenbach, 97.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 1.8 mi off.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 8.7% of commuters in Lautenbach go to work without a car, fewer than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €28,170 a year per consumption unit. Lautenbach has 250 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Bus, tram or train carried 2.6% of working residents in Lautenbach to work at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Bicycle3%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Lautenbach, 0.3 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Lautenbach, fewer than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town. Typical age in Lautenbach: 46.3, the median.
46.3median age
LautenbachHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lautenbach
Is Lautenbach safe?
Lautenbach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Lautenbach good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Lautenbach
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Lautenbach is a commune of 1,544 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.
