Warhem has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,137/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 10.4 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Warhem 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Warhem’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 87% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Warhem’s deaths ran at 105 per 100 expected, close to Nord’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 138 residents of Warhem died, against 131 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Warhem · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Dunkerque
6.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Dunkerque
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Warhem are out of work than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.5%
On this, Warhem is below both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Warhem has 250 jobs for 950 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 6.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Warhem, 0.2 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Warhem keeps more of its old housing than Nord or compared French towns: 11% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Warhem comes above both Nord’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Warhem, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Warhem
Is Warhem safe?
Warhem has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Warhem good?
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Warhem expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,137/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.46/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Warhem grades C+ for cost of living.
About Warhem
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Warhem is a commune of 2,020 people in the Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre. 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.
