Households in social housing: 0.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Rodern has 6.3%. About one in ten: that is how common empty homes are in Rodern (9.7%). One-person households are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. The town’s 170 households held 401 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Rodern
Growing fast
Rodern had 334 residents at the 2012 census and 401 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +20% change since 2012: faster than 90% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +8%; 2017 to 2023, +11%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Rodern is younger than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rodern 40.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 20% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 11% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Households average 2.3 people.
Only 5.4% of households have no car in Rodern
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
Some 9.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 31% who have been there 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Locally, 5.8% of homes are second homes. At 18%, the share of flats is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
€31,140 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,140 a year: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 64% of compared French towns: 30%
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 one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 12. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. Households headed by a manual worker are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Rodern
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%; Rodern has 2.4%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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 Rodern, 46%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Rodern ranks above 79% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 40%
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
Here 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 401 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Rodern
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodern | 40.9 | 20% | 5.8% | 3.1% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 2.5 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 4.1 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 5.3 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 5.6 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 7 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 7.8 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
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 Rodern
What is the population of Rodern?
401 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (334).
How old are Rodern’s residents?
The median age is 40.9, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rodern?
12, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rodern?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rodern?
€31,140 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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