Haisnes’s grades pull in different directions. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 45% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income (D) — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 12.5% unemployment. Fewer journeys need a car: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Crime is low: an average of 7.3 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. At €1,848/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. The overall grade lands at C+, #32 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. On that grade it does better than 44% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Haisnes 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 Haisnes.
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Haisnes’ ages would predict, 145 per 100 expected, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Haisnes. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 419 residents of Haisnes died, against 264 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 59% more.
+45%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw159
Adjusted145
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Haisnes · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lens
4.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lens
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Haisnes is easier to get around on foot than 83% of compared French towns
The unemployment rate comes to 12.5%. The median disposable income was €22,760 a year per consumption unit, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Haisnes didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport7%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
950
jobs based in Haisnes, 0.6 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 83% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Haisnes records less crime per resident than 76% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Haisnes was family violence (2025). In all, 72 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025.
7.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence31
Criminal damage27
Theft from vehicles9
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Drug use9
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.
7.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
72
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.6%
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 · For sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
87.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, 3.3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Haisnes, 90.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1 mi away. For exam results, it comes #37 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Haisnes are under 15, more than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and across compared French towns
Graduates make up 18% of adults. Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.
39.2median age
HaisnesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Haisnes gets a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
125 sales of houses and apartments in Haisnes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,848/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.60/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.02/m² a month, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,848/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Haisnes€1,848/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,848/m²
125
€11.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.28 to €13.09/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Haisnes
Is Haisnes safe?
It grades A− for safety, #21 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
Are schools in Haisnes good?
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #37 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 98% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Voltaire in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Haisnes expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,848/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Haisnes grades C+ for cost of living.
About Haisnes
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Haisnes is a commune of 4,396 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane. 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
Population
4,396 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
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