Fraize grades B+ overall: better than 68% of compared French towns, and #13 of 27 in Vosges. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 14.1% unemployment. At the median price of €1,502/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 7 points above the expected rate.
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 Fraize 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
HousingCost of living A−
Fraize gets an A− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.84/m² a month, close to Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,502/m², comes from 88 sales of houses and apartments in Fraize from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,502/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fraize€1,502/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vosges median€1,349/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,604/m²
70
€8.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.84 to €11.43/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Fraize’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 79% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Fraize’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, above both Vosges’ towns (93) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 620 residents of Fraize died, against 452 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw137
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Fraize · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges site Saint Die des Vosge
7.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges site Saint Die des Vosge
84.2 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vosges, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Degrees are less common in Fraize than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: 15% of adults
Fraize sits below both Vosges’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
51.4median age
FraizeVosges medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Fraize keeps more of its old housing than Vosges or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Fraize is above both Vosges’ towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Fraize, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Fraize has more crime per resident than 57% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 57 offenses in the graded categories in Fraize in 2025. For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 6.4% of the index here.
9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage29
Other physical violence16
Family violence12
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence15
Fraud11
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.
9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
57
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fraize
Is Fraize safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #15 of 27 in Vosges.
Are schools in Fraize good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #1 of 25 in Vosges. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fraize expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,502/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fraize grades A− for cost of living.
About Fraize
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Fraize is a commune of 2,843 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-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
2,843 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-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.
