Only 0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Russ
With single-parent households at 5.5%, Russ is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. This Bas-Rhin town counted 1,228 residents and 540 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in ten: 10% of homes are flats. Half of the town’s residents are over 47.5, older than in 72% of compared French towns.
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.
Slower growth than 81% of compared French towns: Russ changed by −3% since 2012
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 Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −2%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 72% of compared French towns, at 9.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Russ 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Russ and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 90% 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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Russ comes in at 32%. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
6.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 77% 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
Turnover: 5.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 33% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 8.1% of homes stand empty, more than in 65% of compared French towns. There is little gap on second homes: 2.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,420 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,420 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 37% in Russ, more than in 73% of compared French towns
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 16%, Russ is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 14 here (7.4%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Russ sits below 79% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.3%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.2%), Russ is below three quarters of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Russ, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Russ has 49%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 69% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Russ and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,228 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Russ: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ | 47.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 3.1 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Mutzig 6,087 · 9.1 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 4.5% | 10% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 9.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Dorlisheim 2,636 · 10.3 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Bischoffsheim 3,342 · 10.5 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 10.5 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
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 Russ
What is the population of Russ?
1,228 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,264).
How old are Russ’ residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Russ?
13, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Russ?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Russ?
€27,420 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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