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A town of 1,379 in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Steinbach has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 3% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Steinbach does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Steinbach 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 Steinbach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Wattwiller, 1.5 mi away.
2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Steinbach. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Porte de Thann1.6 km southeast, in Cernay
MuseumTrain Thur Doller Alsace3.1 km south, in CernayAttractionAttractionQueues de cochonin townAttractionAttractionBorne Vauthier4.7 km north, in WattwillerChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Engelbourg4.1 km west, in ThannPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Steinbach.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 152 deaths in Steinbach from 2016 to 2025; there were 117, 23% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Steinbach is Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller, 6.8 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
7.7% of 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%). Unemployment stands at 6.1%. 100 jobs are based in Steinbach, for 600 working residents (0.2 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.8%. 38% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: the age that splits Steinbach in two is 48.9.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Steinbach | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Steinbach is 89.5%, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 163 | 91%+3 pts |
| Lycée Scheurer KestnerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 228 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Charles WalchBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 105 | 90%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
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
Among the graded crimes in Steinbach, the most frequent was other physical violence (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.3 cases of violence against people and 4.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
Nothing in Steinbach is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Steinbach.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steinbach | 1,379 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Cernay | 12,057 | 1.3 | B− | B− | B− | D− |
| Vieux-Thann | 2,866 | 1.9 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Thann | 7,762 | 2.5 | B− | B+ | B− | D |
| Wittelsheim | 10,645 | 4.1 | C+ | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Staffelfelden | 4,072 | 4.8 | C | C | A+ | D |
| Bollwiller | 4,184 | 5.6 | A− | C− | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Steinbach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. 97% of 228 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Scheurer Kestner in 2025, at 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
Steinbach is a commune of 1,379 people in the Communauté de communes de Thann-Cernay. 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.