A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
4.3% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 746 people lived in Houx, in 290 households. Across Houx, 16% of residents are 65 or over. Fewer households without a car than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%.
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 Houx
Fewer residents than in 2012
Houx had 809 residents at the 2012 census and 746 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Houx changed by −8% since 2012
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 −2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Eure-et-Loir town −1%.
Houx sits below 67% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Houx 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Houx is 43.9, lower than in just over half of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Houx ranks above 91% of compared French towns on couples with children: 34%
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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Houx, 6.9%. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 8.8% of homes stand empty
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Houx, the census puts second homes at 3%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,410 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.
The median standard of living in Houx is €30,410 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 21% in Houx, more than in 89% of compared French towns
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 retired person at 26%, Houx is behind 81% of compared French towns on that count. On the census count, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker. As a yardstick, 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: 5.2%, a lower share than 61% 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 just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 30 here (3.3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Houx, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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
Single residents: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 36% in Houx, more than in 71% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Houx has 16%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 746 to 2,582
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.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Houx are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Houx
What is the population of Houx?
746 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (809).
How old are Houx’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Houx?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Houx?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Houx?
€30,410 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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