A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
28% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, at 3.2%, the share of flats is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Jessains had 251 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 15 here (6.7%).
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 Jessains
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Jessains, 11% of its 130 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Jessains had 302 residents at the 2012 census and 251 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Empty homes: 5.5% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On the census count, 3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). 6.1% of households have no car, a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns.
A change of −17% since 2012 leaves Jessains behind 99% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aube town +2%. The change was −9% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 50.2: Jessains is older than 84% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jessains 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 31%, a higher share than 79% of compared French towns
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
Households average 2.4 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€26,390 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Jessains’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
49% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (4.9%), Jessains is below 87% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Jessains ranks below 83% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.9%
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 83% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.4% 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.
Jessains: 60% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Jessains has 15%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 251 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 3 around it: Jessains
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessains | 50.2 | 29% | 11% | 2.9% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 7.1 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 7.3 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 15.3 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
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 Jessains
What is the population of Jessains?
251 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (302).
How old are Jessains’ residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jessains?
14, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jessains?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jessains?
€26,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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