A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.2%
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Levier has 32%. Its 990 households held 2,400 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 9.1% of homes stand empty. The median age here is 40.5, lower than in 76% 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.
A growing town: +13% since 2012, faster than 77% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, a lower share than 64% 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
■ Levier 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 85% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Levier has more one-person households than 51% of compared French towns, at 35%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Households without a car: 7.5%, a lower share than 69% 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
With households in social housing at 8.8%, Levier is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. About one in 31: that is how common second homes are in Levier (3.2%). The town has more flats than 54% of compared French towns, at 32%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,730 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 €27,730 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 68% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 9.0%.
More households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns: 23%
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 share of households headed by a retired person trails 80% of compared French towns: 26%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 66% of compared French towns: 4.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
Compared with other places, foreign nationals are scarce here: 3.6%, fewer than in 57% 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.
A larger share of single residents than 72% of compared French towns: 28%
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
At 43%, the share of married residents is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Levier
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,400 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
Levier is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levier | 40.5 | 20% | 3.2% | 4.7% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 10.4 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 11.4 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 11.8 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Arbois 3,114 · 16.4 mi | 55 | 35% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 17.1 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 17.5 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
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 Levier
What is the population of Levier?
2,400 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (2,124).
How old are Levier’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Levier?
37, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Levier?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 87 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Levier?
€27,730 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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