Photo: Tristan Schmurr · CC BY 2.0A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
29% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Val-de-Moder had 5,102 residents in 2,160 households at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing: 4.9% of the total. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in four fifths 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.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 81% 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
Half of Val-de-Moder is over 44.9, older than 56% 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
■ Val-de-Moder 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 72% 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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns.
Second homes: 1.1%, a lower share than 78% 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
9.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 31% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 11%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. By its share of flats (29%), Val-de-Moder is below just over half of compared French towns.
€26,860 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €26,860 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 60% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 11.0% of residents.
6.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 71% 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
Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 33%, more than in just over half of compared French towns. Against that, nearly one in ten 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).
Foreign nationals: 5.6%, a higher share than 61% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% 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. Here, 6.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Val-de-Moder sits above 82% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Val-de-Moder, 24%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 78% 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 share of adults with no qualification is 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
19th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 5,062 to 5,145
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 36 in Villenoy to 67.3 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne.
Of the 6 towns nearest Val-de-Moder, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-de-Moder | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 3.4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 4.6 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder 5,182 · 5.6 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 0.8% | 5.4% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 6.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 6.5 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 6.6 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
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 Val-de-Moder
What is the population of Val-de-Moder?
5,102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (5,261).
How old are Val-de-Moder’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-de-Moder?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-de-Moder?
INSEE counts 320 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 280 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-de-Moder?
€26,860 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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