Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Where it does best is schools — brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. At A overall, Le Thillot ranks #7 of 27 in Vosges. It comes out better than 90% of compared French towns. Add cost of living to its strengths — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 15.0% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B− for health.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Le Thillot 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Site minier d'extraction de cuivre du Thillot (également sur commune de Fresse-sur-Moselle) · Classé · Photo: BRUNNER Emmanuel ( Manu25 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Thillot’s story
Le Thillot in pictures
Le Thillot has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
1995First protected: Site minier d'extraction de cuivre du Thillot (également su…
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Le Thillot costs less than in both Vosges’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.23/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,267/m², below both Vosges’ towns (€1,349/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses accounted for just over four in five sales, apartments for the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 103 homes in Le Thillot.
€1,267/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Thillot€1,267/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vosges median€1,349/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,292/m²
84
€8.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.27 to €10.81/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Ballons des Hautes-Vosges
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Le Thillot hold a degree than in Vosges’ towns or compared French towns: 13%
The under-15s are 13% of the population here. A third of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Vosges’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8% of the population.
53.8median age
Le ThillotVosges medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma35%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education13%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Incomes in Le Thillot run lower than in both Vosges’ towns and compared French towns: a median €21,690 a year per consumption unit
15.0% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Vosges’ towns (12.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Le Thillot didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot10%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,200
jobs based in Le Thillot, 1.1 per working resident
15.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in Le Thillot than in 62% of compared French towns
In all, 32 offenses reached the police record in Le Thillot in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.6. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
10.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage13
Other physical violence7
Family violence6
Sexual violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Theft without violence17
Drug use12
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.
10.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
32
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.6%
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 burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 4.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Le Thillot has 1 historic monument, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
8.3% of its homes were built before 1919, between Vosges’ towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Le Thillot is Site minier d'extraction de cuivre du Thillot (également sur commune de Fresse-sur-Moselle). Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
More deaths than expected: Le Thillot is above 55% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 664 residents of Le Thillot died, against 552 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. Its care home for older people (174 places) counts its residents as Le Thillot’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Le Thillot is Centre hospitalier de Remiremont, 12.1 mi away. This Vosges town has 7 family doctors.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Le Thillot · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Remiremont
12.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Remiremont
84.2 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vosges, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Thillot
Is Le Thillot safe?
It grades B for safety, #13 of 27 in Vosges.
Are schools in Le Thillot good?
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns and #5 of 25 in Vosges. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Thillot expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Thillot grades A for cost of living.
About Le Thillot
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Le Thillot is a commune of 3,167 people in the Communauté de communes des Ballons des Hautes-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
3,167 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Ballons des Hautes-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.
