What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 21 recorded violent incidents and 14.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Bruyères a C overall, better than 28% of compared French towns. It ranks #24 of 27 in Vosges. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 19.2% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Bruyères 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 Bruyères.
Safety
Bruyères records more crime per resident than 91% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 126 offenses in Bruyères. Jobs outnumber working residents in Bruyères (1,450 to 950): it draws people in from around. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
21recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage42
Other physical violence29
Family violence26
Sexual violence21
Burglary8
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
Theft without violence17
Drug use10
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.
21
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
126
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.3%
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 · When vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Bruyères has higher unemployment than Vosges’ towns or compared French towns: 19.2%
Households’ median disposable income: €21,280 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Bruyères didn’t travel to work at all. 17.9% of Bruyères’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 75% drove.
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot15%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,450
jobs based in Bruyères, 1.5 per working resident
19.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Buying in Bruyères costs less than in Vosges’ towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,065/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.73/m² a month, close to Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 71% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. The market in Bruyères: 98 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,065/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bruyères€1,065/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vosges median€1,349/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,274/m²
70
€9.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.72 to €12.25/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.96/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,260
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Bruyères has a higher adjusted death rate than 83% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Bruyères is Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges Antenne Smur A Gerardmer, 11.9 mi away. Adjusted for age and care homes, Bruyères records 102 deaths per 100 expected, above Vosges’ towns (93) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 540 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 810, 50% more. Life expectancy at birth in Vosges is 84.2 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw150
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Bruyères · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges Antenne Smur A Gerardmer
12.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Interco E Durkheim Plateau de la Justice
84.2 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vosges, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 32% of people in Bruyères are 65 or over, more than in Vosges’ towns and across compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, above Vosges’ towns (10%) and close to compared French towns (11%). 14% of residents are children under 15. Graduates make up nearly a fifth of adults.
51.4median age
BruyèresVosges medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Bruyères, 96.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Vosges’ towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #18 of 25 in Vosges on results.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Bruyères: 1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 20th century. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to Vosges’ towns (13%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
André Lurçat: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Henry Boucher: Agence Rol, Public domain · Gaston About: Benjii59000, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roland Schweitzer: Jonas Tophoven, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Daniel Gremillet: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bruyères’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bruyères
Is Bruyères safe?
It grades D for safety, #24 of 27 in Vosges. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bruyères good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #18 of 25 in Vosges. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bruyères expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bruyères grades A for cost of living.
About Bruyères
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Bruyères is a commune of 2,923 people in the Communauté de communes Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges. 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
2,923 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges
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.
