Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
With second homes at 7%, Montécheroux is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. 563 residents in 260 households: that is Montécheroux at the 2023 Census. Flats: 8.6% of the total. Single-parent households are more common here than in 89% 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 −3% change since 2012: slower than 82% 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, −4% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
In Montécheroux, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 69% 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
■ Montécheroux 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Montécheroux’s residents are over 46.4, older than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Across Montécheroux, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 33% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 63% of compared French towns.
Households without a car: 4.9%, a lower share than 88% 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
9.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. More empty homes than in 72% of compared French towns: 8.9%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,330 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 €27,330 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (38%), Montécheroux is above 79% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Montécheroux ranks below 82% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.1% in Montécheroux. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Montécheroux sits above 78% of compared French towns for married residents (47%)
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
Fewer single residents than in 57% of compared French towns: 24%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 70% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Montécheroux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montécheroux | 46.4 | 25% | 7% | 3% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 3.2 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 6.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 6.9 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 7.1 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 8.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 8.1 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
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 Montécheroux
What is the population of Montécheroux?
563 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (581).
How old are Montécheroux’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 65% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montécheroux?
22, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montécheroux?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montécheroux?
€27,330 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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