Rouffach grades A overall: better than 91% of compared French towns, and #9 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. Its weakest subject is safety (C+): an average of 11.3 recorded violent incidents and 12.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is walkability (A): 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Rouffach 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 Rouffach.
History
Rouffach is rich in protected monuments: 64 per 10,000 residents, more than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 19%. Among the classé monuments in Rouffach is Église des Récollets. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 19 of 27. This Haut-Rhin town has 27 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 7 classé, the highest protection, and 20 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
For walkability, Rouffach ranks above 95% of compared French towns
Per resident in work, Rouffach counts 2.1 jobs (3,750 jobs, 1,800 workers). Nearly a quarter of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,690 a year per consumption unit.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot10%
Bicycle7%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,750
jobs based in Rouffach, 2.1 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Rouffach is €12.08/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €12.70/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.
€12.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Rouffach€12.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€12.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.43 to €15.47/m² a month)
€12.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€30,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Rouffach has more crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
95 offenses were reported in Rouffach during 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
11.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Family violence18
Theft from vehicles18
Other physical violence15
Sexual violence14
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud36
Theft without violence34
Drug use9
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.
11.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
95
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Rouffach, fewer than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65. The median resident of Rouffach is 47.2 years old.
47.2median age
RouffachHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education31%
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−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Rouffach run lower than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (105 places) counts its residents as Rouffach’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 526 residents of Rouffach died, against 489 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Average lifespans in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Rouffach · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller
7.8 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 Rouffach
Is Rouffach safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #36 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rouffach good?
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #12 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Rouffach
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Rouffach is a commune of 4,238 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux. 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
4,238 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux
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