More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 48%
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 2.4% of homes stand empty here. In 2023, the Census found 527 residents in Hecken, living in 200 households. About one in 40: that is how common flats are in Hecken (2.5%). On residents aged 15 to 24, Hecken sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 8.2%.
Throughout this page, the Haut-Rhin 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 Hecken
A town of families
48% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Hecken had 444 residents at the 2012 census and 527 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Hecken outgrew 88% of compared French towns: +19%
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
Here the change came as +12% to 2017, then +6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Haut-Rhin.
Only 15% of residents are 65 or over in Hecken
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hecken 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.4, Hecken is younger than 70% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Hecken
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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.6 people each.
Only 2.1% of households have no car in Hecken
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
Second homes: 1.4%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. 8.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€31,910 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Hecken’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,910 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 81% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Hecken. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Here, 9.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Hecken ranks below 91% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2%
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 trails 95% of compared French towns: 0.9%. 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.
Single residents make up 15% in Hecken, less than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Hecken comes in at 53%. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns: 13%
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Hecken, 35%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Hecken
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hecken | 41.4 | 15% | 1.4% | 2% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 7.3 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 7.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas 3,694 · 7.6 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Thann 7,762 · 8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 8.2 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 8.3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
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 Hecken
What is the population of Hecken?
527 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (444).
How old are Hecken’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hecken?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hecken?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hecken?
€31,910 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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