Couples with children make up 37% in Arçon, more than in 96% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car trails 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%. Arçon had 961 residents in 390 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in three: 35% of households are headed by a manual worker. 6.8% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 82% of compared French towns.
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 Arçon
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 4.1% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Arçon had 786 residents at the 2012 census and 961 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Arçon’s residents are under 38.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+22% since 2012, a pace 92% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 Doubs town −1%. The change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +14% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Arçon is under 38.4, younger than 87% 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
■ Arçon 38.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (16%), Arçon is below 86% of compared French towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Arçon sits lower than three quarters of compared French towns: 9.4%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
4.1% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
In Arçon, a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Fewer flats than 59% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.9% moved in within the last two years. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.8%.
Standard of living at the median: €31,660 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.
Half of residents live in households above €31,660 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 26% in Arçon and 32% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The wider picture: 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.
Arçon sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (54%)
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
Single residents make up 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 77% 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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 961 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Arçon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Arçon
What is the population of Arçon?
961 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (786).
How old are Arçon’s residents?
The median age is 38.4, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arçon?
30, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arçon?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arçon?
€31,660 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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