Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
10,314 people live in this town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Pfastatt’s weakest is cost of living (C−) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 43% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Safety is a strength too (A−): an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade comes out at C, #41 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. Set against the rest, it does better than 29% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Pfastatt 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pfastatt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cour des Chaînes, in Mulhouse, 2 mi away.
3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Pfastatt. Best known first.
MuseumCité du train2.1 km south, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée national de l'Automobile2.1 km east, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse3.7 km southeast, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée historique de Mulhouse3.7 km southeast, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée de l'impression sur étoffes4.1 km southeast, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée EDF Electropolis2.2 km south, in MulhousePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pfastatt.
Half of residents lived on more than €26,270 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690). At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Pfastatt didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 6.7% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.25/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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
188 offenses were reported in Pfastatt during 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · When vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Pfastatt records 96 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,254 residents of Pfastatt died, against 1,082 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. At birth, a girl in Haut-Rhin can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 5 GPs practise in the town.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Pfastatt is 89.2%, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #48 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Katia et Maurice KrafftNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 100 | 82%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Laurent de LavoisierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 328 | 82%−8 pts |
| 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
Half the people of Pfastatt are older than 42. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of residents, near both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 30% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Haut-Rhin 31%, France 30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Pfastatt | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Pfastatt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Pfastatt.
Henri Haeffely: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pfastatt | 10,314 | — | C | C− | A− | C |
| Lutterbach | 6,851 | 1.2 | C | C− | C− | A− |
| Richwiller | 3,905 | 1.5 | B | C− | A+ | B |
| Mulhouse | 104,978 | 1.8 | D− | C | D− | D |
| Kingersheim | 13,354 | 2 | C− | D | B | C+ |
| Illzach | 14,923 | 2.5 | D | C− | C | C |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 2.6 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #18 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 31 burglaries and 75 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #48 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. 82% of 328 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Laurent de Lavoisier in 2025, 8 points below 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
Pfastatt is a commune of 10,314 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 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.