Safety is where it shines — an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 10.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Turckheim grades A overall, better than 88% of compared French towns, and ranks #15 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. Housing is expensive: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The Culture ministry’s register holds 18 historic monuments.
Figures: 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 Turckheim 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 Turckheim.
History
Turckheim is rich in protected monuments: 43 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.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Turckheim is Porte de Brand dite Mocheltor ou Oeltor. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 10 of 18. The pre-1919 share of homes is 13%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Incomes in Turckheim run higher than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €28,980 a year per consumption unit
The jobless rate is 7.9%. Jobs based in Turckheim number 1,250, against 1,800 residents in work (0.7 per worker). At the census, 6.0% of working residents in Turckheim went to work by public transport.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Bicycle6%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,250
jobs based in Turckheim, 0.7 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,980
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 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Turckheim sits below 83% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Turckheim came to 64 in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was family violence (2025).
4.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence21
Criminal damage16
Theft from vehicles14
Burglary13
Fraud21
Theft without violence16
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.
4.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
64
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.4%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (9.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Turckheim is €12.78/m² a month
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.
€12.78/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Turckheim€12.78/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€12.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.09 to €16.18/m² a month)
€10.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,540
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Colmar Agglomération
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Turckheim are 15 to 24: 8.5%, fewer than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
37% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15.
48.8median age
TurckheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 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+
Mortality in Turckheim, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 503 deaths in Turckheim from 2016 to 2025; there were 477, 5% fewer. Women in Haut-Rhin live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Turckheim can choose among 6 GPs.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Turckheim · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
2.7 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
81.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 2.5 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Turckheim, 95.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away. Schools rank #28 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Turckheim
Is Turckheim safe?
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Turckheim good?
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #28 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. 75% of 24 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Lazare de Schwendi in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Turckheim
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Turckheim is a commune of 4,139 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Colmar 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.
