A larger share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 36%
By its share of households in social housing (1.6%), Arcey is below 97% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person account for 40%. Few places have so few flats: 11% here, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. There were 620 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,489 residents.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Arcey
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Arcey changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 56% 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 ±0% to 2017, then +3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs.
Older than 55% of compared French towns: half of Arcey is over 44.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arcey 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
At 21%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. On the census count, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 26%, 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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 7.4%, below 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Households without a car: 6.3%, 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. 0.5% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 7.1%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,490 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.
Living standards centre on €26,490 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Arcey sits below 93% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4%)
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 manual worker account for 14%. To put it in context, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1% in Arcey and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
By its share of married residents (51%), Arcey is above 95% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 55% 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
On the census count, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,489 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Arcey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcey | 44.7 | 21% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 4.4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 5.9 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 6.1 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 6.2 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 6.4 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 6.6 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
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 Arcey
What is the population of Arcey?
1,489 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,441).
How old are Arcey’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arcey?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arcey?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arcey?
€26,490 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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