Wittenheim ranks #42 of 45 in Haut-Rhin, with a C− overall. Nationally, it does better than 20% of compared French towns. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (B+): 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Wittenheim 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 Wittenheim.
HealthHealth D
Adjusted for age and care homes, Wittenheim sees more deaths than 86% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,230 deaths in Wittenheim from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,350, 10% more. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Wittenheim come to 104 per 100 predicted. Also worth knowing: 5 GPs practise in the town. At birth, a girl in Haut-Rhin can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Wittenheim · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Diaconat Fonderie
4.8 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
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Wittenheim is €12.74/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.90/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.
€12.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Wittenheim€12.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€12.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.45 to €15.54/m² a month)
€11.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,850
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Wittenheim has higher unemployment than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 13.3%
Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. For its 5,900 residents in work, Wittenheim has 5,450 jobs: 0.9 each. Half of residents lived on more than €24,940 a year per consumption unit, lower than Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport5%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,450
jobs based in Wittenheim, 0.9 per working resident
13.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Wittenheim has 5 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 2.1% of the total, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Wittenheim is Église catholique Sainte-Barbe. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Wittenheim hold a degree than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 21%
Under-15s account for nearly a fifth of the population. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 21% of the town.
42median age
WittenheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
Safety
Wittenheim ranks below 56% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Of the graded crimes in Wittenheim, criminal damage came up most often (2025). All told, Wittenheim had 391 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.6.
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage191
Family violence57
Other physical violence41
Theft from vehicles41
Burglary30
Sexual violence22
Vehicle theft9
Theft without violence102
Drug use53
Fraud48
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.
7.5
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
391
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
80.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, 1.4 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Wittenheim, 86.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.9 mi off. Ranked by results, schools here are #37 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Wittenheim
Is Wittenheim safe?
It grades B for safety, #33 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 191 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Wittenheim good?
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #37 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Wittenheim
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Wittenheim is a commune of 15,553 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace 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.
