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A town of 1,558 in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Waldighoffen’s strongest is jobs & income (A) — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for cost of living, B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Waldighoffen has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Waldighoffen 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.
Waldighoffen has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Waldighoffen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges d'une installation de bain romaine, in Kœstlach, 3.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Waldighoffen.
6.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 7.5%, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Also worth knowing: at the census, 2.9% of working residents in Waldighoffen didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 25% of adults. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Waldighoffen | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 202 deaths in Waldighoffen from 2016 to 2025; there were 239, 18% more. Life expectancy in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €13.54/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
Nothing in Waldighoffen is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Waldighoffen.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldighoffen | 1,558 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Altkirch | 5,687 | 6.1 | A | A | C | C+ |
| Blotzheim | 5,282 | 9.3 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Hésingue | 2,972 | 9.6 | A+ | B | A | B |
| Sierentz | 4,409 | 9.7 | A+ | A | B | A− |
| Hégenheim | 3,410 | 9.8 | A | B− | B | B |
| Bartenheim | 4,211 | 9.9 | A | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Waldighoffen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Waldighoffen is a commune of 1,558 people in the Communauté de communes Sundgau. 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 November 4, 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.