In Val-d'Usiers, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households trails 84% of compared French towns: 28%. The 2023 Census put Val-d'Usiers’s population at 2,132, in 880 households. Locally, 4% of households have no car. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 83% 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 Val-d'Usiers
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Val-d'Usiers’ residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +10% change since 2012: Val-d'Usiers grew faster than 70% 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
The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
Val-d'Usiers is younger than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Val-d'Usiers 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
17% of Val-d'Usiers’ residents are 65 or older, against 23% in the median Doubs town and 22% in the median compared French town; 27% are under 18. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% locally, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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 2.4 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 71% of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Val-d'Usiers sits above 69% of compared French towns for empty homes (8.6%)
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
A quarter of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. On the census count, 3.5% of homes are second homes.
€30,590 a year: the median standard of living
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 Val-d'Usiers’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,590 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 87% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 5.0% of residents.
Only 5.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Val-d'Usiers
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 wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.1%, a lower share than 90% of compared French towns
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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. 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.
Val-d'Usiers sits below 84% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Val-d'Usiers, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
In Val-d'Usiers, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,132 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Val-d'Usiers: 4 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-d'Usiers | 37.5 | 17% | 3.5% | 2.1% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 4.6 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 5.4 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 11.4 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 13.3 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 16.9 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
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 Val-d'Usiers
What is the population of Val-d'Usiers?
2,132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,936).
How old are Val-d'Usiers’ residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-d'Usiers?
35, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-d'Usiers?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-d'Usiers?
€30,590 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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