The data are hard on it. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 44% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Raon-l'Étape earns a C−, better than 17% of compared French towns. Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: bac results 6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 21.1% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Raon-l'Étape 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.
Menhirs de Pierre-Borne à la Maladrerie: Photo: E.medina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel de ville: Photo: Mahaba · Public domain · Ancienne halle aux grains et théâtre: Photo: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Raon-l'Étape.
HealthHealth D−
Raon-l'Étape loses more people than its age profile suggests, 144 per 100 expected, above Vosges’ towns and compared French towns
+44%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Raon-l'Étape is Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges site Saint Die des Vosge, 9.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 596 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 857, 44% more. Life expectancy in Vosges: 84.2 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Vosges town has 2 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw144
Adjusted144
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Raon-l'Étape · 5.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges site Saint Die des Vosge
9.7 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Raon-l'Étape cost less than in both Vosges’ towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,081/m²
€1,081/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Raon-l'Étape: €1,188/m² for houses, €838/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €8.70/m² a month, lower than both Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 78% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Raon-l'Étape€1,081/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vosges median€1,349/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,188/m²
142
Apartments
€838/m²
41
€8.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.87 to €11.01/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.59/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
History
Raon-l'Étape has 6 historic monuments, 3 classé
6historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
15% of homes date from before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Raon-l'Étape is Onze fontaines. Scaled to its population, that is 10 protected monuments for every 10,000 people here. Protection here reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Raon-l'Étape has higher unemployment than Vosges’ towns or compared French towns: 21.1%
12%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €21,820 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Raon-l'Étape didn’t travel to work at all. 11.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,700
jobs based in Raon-l'Étape, 0.8 per working resident
21.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Raon-l'Étape than in 62% of compared French towns
12.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
For 2025, the figures show 144 offenses in Raon-l'Étape. Violence against people ran at 12.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.9 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage63
Other physical violence33
Family violence25
Burglary13
Sexual violence10
Drug use44
Theft without violence42
Fraud27
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.
12.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
144
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.9%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Raon-l'Étape than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: 15% of adults
47.4median age
14% are under 15, about level with Vosges’ towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents.
Raon-l'ÉtapeVosges medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Alain Schneider: Claude-Étienne Armingaud - Claudé, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ernest Picot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
About Raon-l'Étape
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Raon-l'Étape is a commune of 5,886 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
5,886 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Département
Vosges (88)
Région
Grand Est
Area
9.2 sq mi (23.7 km²)
INSEE code
88372
Raon-l'Étape’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
