43% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
2.7% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 167 residents in 68 households. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 14%. Few places have as many second homes: 5.5% here, more than in nearly four fifths 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 Épenouse
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Épenouse’s residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 9.1% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Épenouse had 136 residents at the 2012 census and 167 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Épenouse has grown +23%, faster than 93% 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
In two steps, +11% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.1% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Épenouse 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 37.5, Épenouse is younger than 90% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Épenouse, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.7%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
7.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 88% 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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Épenouse, 29% of households are one person living alone.
Épenouse sits below 70% of compared French towns for households without a car (7.5%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 12%. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats: 22%, below 64% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €27,480 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 €27,480 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 67% 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
In Épenouse, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns, at 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.
Locally, 4.8% of residents are foreign nationals. Typically, 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.
Fewer single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Married residents account for 44%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Épenouse, 15%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 167 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Épenouse
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 Épenouse
What is the population of Épenouse?
167 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (136).
How old are Épenouse’s residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 9.1% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Épenouse?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Épenouse?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Épenouse?
€27,480 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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