La Vôge-les-Bains’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Vôge-les-Bains has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares La Vôge-les-Bains 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 La Vôge-les-Bains.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in La Vôge-les-Bains than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: €7.18/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €831/m², lower than both Vosges’ towns (€1,349/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.45/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 90% were houses.
€831/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Vôge-les-Bains€831/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vosges median€1,349/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€811/m²
54
€7.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.61 to €9.19/m² a month)
2.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.45/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,670
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération d'Épinal
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than expected: La Vôge-les-Bains is above 86% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (54 places) counts its residents as La Vôge-les-Bains’; allowing for it, deaths were 4% above expected. 299 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 219: 37% above. Women in Vosges live to 84.2 on average and men to 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to La Vôge-les-Bains is Gh Haute Saone site Luxeuil, 14.4 mi away.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw137
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in La Vôge-les-Bains · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gh Haute Saone site Luxeuil
14.7 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
La Vôge-les-Bains skews older, with 32% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Vosges’ towns and compared French towns
19% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Vosges’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 12% of the town. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town.
53.8median age
La Vôge-les-BainsVosges 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
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape La Vôge-les-Bains: 32% were built before 1919, more than in both Vosges’ towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Vôge-les-Bains, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
More crime per resident in La Vôge-les-Bains than in 56% of compared French towns
In all, 29 offenses reached the police record in La Vôge-les-Bains in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.5.
8.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence7
Fraud5
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.
8.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
18.4%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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 (18.4% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in La Vôge-les-Bains are out of work than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: 16.5%
The median disposable income was €21,980 a year per consumption unit, below Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. No commute at all: 7.5% of working residents in La Vôge-les-Bains at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot7%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in La Vôge-les-Bains, 0.8 per working resident
16.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Vôge-les-Bains
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Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Vôge-les-Bains grades A+ for cost of living.
About La Vôge-les-Bains
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
La Vôge-les-Bains is a commune of 1,545 people in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Épinal. 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.
