Ottmarsheim’s best grade is for schools (A) — brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Add jobs & income to its strengths — 1.5 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (C−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 43% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Ottmarsheim 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 Ottmarsheim 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Ottmarsheim is easier to get around on foot than 86% of compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €29,250 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 11.7% of commuters at the census. At the census, 2.6% of working residents in Ottmarsheim didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Bicycle4%
Public transport4%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,300
jobs based in Ottmarsheim, 1.5 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Ottmarsheim sees more deaths than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Ottmarsheim records 103 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 132 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 135, 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Ottmarsheim is Hopital Emile Muller, 8.8 mi away. The town has 3 family doctors.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Ottmarsheim · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Emile Muller
8.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Emile Muller
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Ottmarsheim is €12.66/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €12.48/m² a month. 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.
€12.66/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Ottmarsheim€12.66/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€12.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.83 to €16.30/m² a month)
€12.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,850
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Ottmarsheim has fewer older residents than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 18% are 65 or over
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Among adults, 25% have a degree. Line up the people of Ottmarsheim by age and the one in the middle is 42.6.
42.6median age
OttmarsheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 110 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
Ottmarsheim has 3 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 3.3% of the total, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Ottmarsheim has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ottmarsheim
Is Ottmarsheim safe?
Ottmarsheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Ottmarsheim good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Ottmarsheim
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Ottmarsheim is a commune of 2,054 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
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.
