Vittel grades A+ overall: better than 96% of compared French towns, and #3 of 27 in Vosges. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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 Vittel 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 Vittel.
History
Vittel is rich in protected monuments: 19 per 10,000 residents, more than Vosges’ towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Vittel above both Vosges’ towns (3.4) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Vittel, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.1% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
An older town: 36% of people in Vittel are 65 or over, more than in Vosges’ towns or compared French towns
On this, Vittel is above both Vosges’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). 10% of residents are children under 15.
56.6median age
VittelVosges medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% 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
HousingCost of living A
The median sale price of homes in Vittel is €1,296/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 250 sales of houses and apartments in Vittel from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,349/m² for the median of compared towns in Vosges.
€1,296/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vittel€1,296/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vosges median€1,349/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,349/m²
120
Apartments
€1,248/m²
130
€9.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.73 to €12.53/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Terre d'Eau
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Vittel is easier to get around on foot than 87% of compared French towns
19.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Vosges’ towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €27,200 a year per consumption unit. Vittel has 3,200 jobs for 1,800 working residents, 1.8 per worker.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot14%
Bicycle4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,200
jobs based in Vittel, 1.8 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Vittel has less crime per resident than 63% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 95 offenses in the graded categories in Vittel in 2025. For 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, 3.5% of the index here.
6.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage52
Other physical violence16
Family violence12
Burglary8
Sexual violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud53
Theft without violence29
Drug use18
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.
6.9
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
95
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.5%
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
HealthHealth B
Vittel records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 93 in Vosges’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 729 residents of Vittel died, against 742 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (102 places) count their residents as Vittel’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Vittel · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre Hosp Intercommunal de L Ouest Vosgien site de Vittel
16.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Intercommunal de L Ouest Vosgien site Neufchateau
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 Vittel
Is Vittel safe?
It grades B for safety, #12 of 27 in Vosges. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vittel good?
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #7 of 25 in Vosges. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vittel expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.84/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vittel grades A for cost of living.
About Vittel
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Vittel is a commune of 4,780 people in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Eau. 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.
