Vernon ranks above 91% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 28%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 58% of homes are flats here. In 2023, the Census found 25,290 residents in Vernon, living in 11,440 households. The share of households without a car stands at 22%. Half of the town’s residents are under 40.4, younger than in 77% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Vernon
Immigrants
INSEE counts 4,600 immigrants in Vernon (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 4.6% for the median compared commune in Eure. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Social housing
28% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 27% rent privately and 43% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vernon’s population changed by +5% since 2012, more than in 50% 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, −1% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 65% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vernon 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 44%, a higher share than 82% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. 22% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 66% of compared French towns. Here 11% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Vernon: 11% of homes stand empty, above 83% 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
At 1.4%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,540 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.
At €23,540 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 23.5% of residents are below the line.
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Vernon comes in at 31%. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 share of foreign nationals tops 92% of compared French towns: 15%. The median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Vernon ranks above 84% of compared French towns on single residents: 32%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Vernon, 39%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 75% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 24,022 to 26,658 people: this is the 19th 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.
Ages run from 34.9 in Brétigny-sur-Orge to 55.2 in Biarritz.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vernon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | 40.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Saint-Marcel 4,512 · 1.6 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.9% | 13% |
| La Chapelle-Longueville 3,282 · 2.7 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 3.7% | 5.6% |
| Gasny 3,062 · 5.3 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 2% | 4.8% |
| Bonnières-sur-Seine 5,064 · 5.7 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Freneuse 4,505 · 6.3 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 4.6% | 15% |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 5,027 · 6.7 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
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 Vernon
What is the population of Vernon?
25,290 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (24,112).
How old are Vernon’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vernon?
190, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vernon?
INSEE counts 4,580 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 3,740 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vernon?
€23,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 23.5% 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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