In Hégenheim, 3.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
Here just over a fifth of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Hégenheim had 3,410 residents in 1,560 households at the 2023 census. In Hégenheim, 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24. 7.9% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 82% of compared French towns.
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 Hégenheim
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,100 immigrants in Hégenheim (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 33% of residents, against 10% for the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin. 28% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012: slower than 52% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
A median age of 47.3: Hégenheim is older than 71% 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
■ Hégenheim 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of Hégenheim’s residents are 65 or older, against 22% in the median Haut-Rhin town and 22% in the median compared French town; 21% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are couples with children, more than in 55% 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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 35%, one-person households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Hégenheim: 9.6% of homes stand empty, above 77% 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
Flats make up 34%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 7.7% of households have no car, or about one in 13. On second homes, Hégenheim sits higher than 73% of compared French towns: 4.3%.
A median standard of living of €46,310 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.
Living standards centre on €46,310 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 6.0% of residents are below the line.
Only 10% of households are headed by a manual worker in Hégenheim
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 make up 34%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Hégenheim: 33% of residents are immigrants, above 99% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Hégenheim has 28%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Adults with no qualification: 15%, below 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 16th oldest 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.
The youngest is Porcheville (37.3), the oldest Sainte-Marie-de-Ré (58.5).
No nearby town is as old as Hégenheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hégenheim | 47.3 | 24% | 4.3% | 33% |
| Hésingue 2,972 · 0.9 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 4.7% | 26% |
| Saint-Louis 22,805 · 2.3 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 4.9% | 36% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 3 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
| Huningue 7,487 · 3.3 mi | 42 | 19% | 2.4% | 29% |
| Village-Neuf 4,709 · 3.6 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 3.4% | 18% |
| Bartenheim 4,211 · 5.3 mi | 43.2 | 17% | 1.4% | 14% |
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 Hégenheim
What is the population of Hégenheim?
3,410 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,265).
How old are Hégenheim’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hégenheim?
78, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hégenheim?
INSEE counts 1,120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 33% of residents, and 970 foreign nationals (28%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hégenheim?
€46,310 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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