A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
Here 19% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in 81% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 4,254 residents and 2,090 households in Maîche. Flats account for 52%.
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.
Maîche’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs.
Half of Maîche is under 42.4, younger than 63% 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
■ Maîche 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. The census found that nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Maîche.
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%.
A larger share of one-person households than 81% of compared French towns: 44%
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 average household has 2 people. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 10% of households are single parents, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 2.7% of its homes
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 that moved in under two years ago: 13%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. On households without a car, Maîche sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 11%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 12%, households in social housing sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €32,800 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 €32,800 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. Some 10.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Maîche sits below 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.6%)
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 retired person: 30%, below 64% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 67% of compared French towns: 9.2% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (5.8%), Maîche is above 63% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in two thirds of compared French towns. Across the 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.
Married residents make up 36% in Maîche, less than in 87% of compared French towns
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 Maîche, 29% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 26%, a higher share than 82% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 4,215 to 4,292 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.
At the ends of the range sit Nanteuil-le-Haudouin (37.1), the youngest, and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (65.8), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Maîche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maîche | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 2.7 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 7 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 9.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 13.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 13.6 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 14.2 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
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 Maîche
What is the population of Maîche?
4,254 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (4,331).
How old are Maîche’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maîche?
64, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maîche?
INSEE counts 390 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maîche?
€32,800 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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