Photo: Espirat · CC BY-SA 4.022% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
The median age in Issenheim is 48.8, higher than in 78% of compared French towns. There were 1,510 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 3,502 residents. Across Issenheim, 7% of households rent social housing (HLM). 7.5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
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.
Issenheim changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 68% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Haut-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% 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
■ Issenheim 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 here. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 69% 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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here, nearly one in ten households are single parents.
In Issenheim, 4.3% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 84% 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
Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 12% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. 1.6% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 62% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
€28,220 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.
At €28,220 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 73% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 8.0%.
Issenheim ranks above 53% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 33%
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 manager or professional account for 9.3%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 65% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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 Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Issenheim, the census puts foreign nationals at 5.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 83% 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
48% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Across Issenheim, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th oldest of 41 French towns of 3,477 to 3,528 people
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 Sainte-Geneviève (36.6), the oldest Bréhal (60.1).
Issenheim is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issenheim | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7,012 · 1.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.5% | 9% |
| Guebwiller 11,243 · 1.8 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Bollwiller 4,184 · 3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.1% | 5.4% |
| Buhl 3,100 · 3.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.4% | 8.7% |
| Rouffach 4,238 · 4.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Pulversheim 3,069 · 5.2 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 0.3% | 5.6% |
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 Issenheim
What is the population of Issenheim?
3,502 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,485).
How old are Issenheim’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Issenheim?
25, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Issenheim?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Issenheim?
€28,220 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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