0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 3.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Eichhoffen was home to 489 people in 230 households. Single-parent households make up about one in 15 here (6.7%). Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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 Eichhoffen
Fewer residents than in 2012
Eichhoffen had 558 residents at the 2012 census and 489 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Eichhoffen’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, behind 98% 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
Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Eichhoffen is over 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Eichhoffen 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%, below 85% of compared French towns. More residents aged 65 and over than in half of compared French towns: 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Eichhoffen sits below 82% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Eichhoffen has 27%. The average household has 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
4.9% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 76% 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
Just over a fifth of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. More second homes than in three fifths of compared French towns: 2.8%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,800 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.
At €29,800 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 61% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
8.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 11. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Eichhoffen, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 5.3% in Eichhoffen. That is lower than in three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Eichhoffen comes in at 20%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns: 14%
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 35% in Eichhoffen and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 489 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Eichhoffen is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eichhoffen | 51.3 | 22% | 2.8% | 5.3% |
| Barr 7,057 · 1.5 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 5.8 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 6.6 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 6.6 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 7 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 7.4 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
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 Eichhoffen
What is the population of Eichhoffen?
489 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (558).
How old are Eichhoffen’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eichhoffen?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eichhoffen?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eichhoffen?
€29,800 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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