More empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Arcis-sur-Aube has 22%. The town is home to 2,785 residents in 1,320 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Arcis-sur-Aube (28%). Fewer couples with children than in 83% of compared French towns: 18%.
Throughout this page, the Aube median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Arcis-sur-Aube
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arcis-sur-Aube had 2,975 residents at the 2012 census and 2,785 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 240 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Arcis-sur-Aube changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 92% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Aube.
Older than 64% of compared French towns: half of Arcis-sur-Aube is over 46
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arcis-sur-Aube 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 75% of compared French towns: 42%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 12% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household.
Households without a car make up 18% in Arcis-sur-Aube, more than in 79% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 31% of homes are flats.
Standard of living at the median: €23,230 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of Arcis-sur-Aube’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,230 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 18.0% of residents.
Arcis-sur-Aube ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 3.8%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a retired person: 37% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Arcis-sur-Aube ranks below 59% of compared French towns on immigrants: 5.5%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. 4.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 38%, a lower share than 78% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The share of single residents is 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 15%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 33% of adults out of school have no qualification here. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,761 to 2,812 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
La Fère is the youngest (39.7); Argelès-Gazost the oldest (59.7).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Arcis-sur-Aube
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcis-sur-Aube | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 13.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 5,249 · 15 mi | 43.8 | 26% | 0.8% | 13% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 16 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 16.3 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 16.6 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 15% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 16.7 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Arcis-sur-Aube
What is the population of Arcis-sur-Aube?
2,785 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,975).
How old are Arcis-sur-Aube’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arcis-sur-Aube?
34, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arcis-sur-Aube?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arcis-sur-Aube?
€23,230 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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