A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Rahon has 3.4%. This Doubs town is home to 140 residents in 60 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Rahon
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rahon, 13% of its 78 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 40% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 13%, a higher share than 90% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.6% (under two years). Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 9.1% of homes are flats. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Rahon has 10%.
Rahon grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Doubs town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +11%.
In Rahon, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 80% 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
■ Rahon 48. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rahon is 48, higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, below 59% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 25% of households are couples with children, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,080 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 Rahon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Rahon ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 25%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rahon: 6.6% 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.
4.4% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 23. That is higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rahon sits above 99% 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
The share of single residents trails 96% of compared French towns: 19%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 76% 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 in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Rahon. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 140 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Rahon and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahon | 48 | 28% | 13% | 6.6% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 8.5 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 9.5 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 11.1 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 11.2 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 12.9 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 12.9 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
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 Rahon
What is the population of Rahon?
140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (124).
How old are Rahon’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rahon?
10, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rahon?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rahon?
€25,080 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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