One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Escorpain, 4.3%. The 2023 Census counted 223 residents in 93 households. Locally, 3.4% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Escorpain
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Escorpain, 15% of its 120 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Escorpain had 255 residents at the 2012 census and 223 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 22% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Escorpain ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 15%
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 empty homes at 7.7%, Escorpain is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%.
−13% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure-et-Loir town −1%.
A median age of 47.5: Escorpain is older than 72% 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
■ Escorpain 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 68% of compared French towns: 19%. Here, 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children.
Median living standard: €28,290 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 €28,290 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Escorpain sits below 91% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (22%)
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 17%, Escorpain is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a manager or professional come to 11% here, about one in ten. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.8% in Escorpain, less than in 83% 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.
The median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 36: 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 87% of compared French towns, at 49%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Escorpain comes in at 23%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 73% 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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (223 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Escorpain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escorpain | 47.5 | 19% | 15% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets 4,116 · 2.9 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.8% | 5% |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 4,058 · 2.9 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 5.9% |
| Vernouillet 12,310 · 6.3 mi | 40.7 | 21% | 1.4% | 19% |
| Dreux 31,543 · 7.4 mi | 37.2 | 17% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 2,641 · 9.8 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Mesnils-sur-Iton 6,078 · 11.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 7% | 1.8% |
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 Escorpain
What is the population of Escorpain?
223 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (255).
How old are Escorpain’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escorpain?
19, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escorpain?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Escorpain?
€28,290 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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