Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: nearly four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add cost of living to its strengths (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income. It has 1,650 jobs for 1,100 working residents.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Vieux-Thann has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vieux-Thann 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 Vieux-Thann.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
A walkable place: Vieux-Thann beats 87% of compared French towns on foot
Median disposable income comes to €25,170 a year per consumption unit. 12.6% of the labour force were unemployed, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.8% of working residents in Vieux-Thann went to work by public transport.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport6%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,650
jobs based in Vieux-Thann, 1.5 per working resident
12.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,170
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 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Vieux-Thann costs less than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.00/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.94/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.
€11.00/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Vieux-Thann€11.00/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€11.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.52 to €14.20/m² a month)
€11.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,240
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Thann-Cernay
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Vieux-Thann run below what its ages would predict: 82 per 100 expected, fewer than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 273 residents of Vieux-Thann died, against 265 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Vieux-Thann is Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller, 8.5 mi away. There are 5 general practitioners locally.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Vieux-Thann · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller
10.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Diaconat Fonderie
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Vieux-Thann has 2 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Vieux-Thann is Église catholique Saint-Dominique. 6% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Vieux-Thann hold a degree than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 22%
18% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%. Residents of Vieux-Thann have a median age of 44.5.
44.5median age
Vieux-ThannHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vieux-Thann
Is Vieux-Thann safe?
Vieux-Thann has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Vieux-Thann good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #30 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. 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.
About Vieux-Thann
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Vieux-Thann is a commune of 2,866 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
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.
