6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Saint-Hippolyte has 4.1%. The town counted 927 residents and 440 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person account for 46%. On single-parent households, Saint-Hippolyte sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%.
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 Saint-Hippolyte
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Hippolyte had 1,028 residents at the 2012 census and 927 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Hippolyte’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Hippolyte’s population moved −10% on 2012, less than in 97% 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 median Haut-Rhin town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −4%.
Half of Saint-Hippolyte is over 51.5, older than 87% 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
■ Saint-Hippolyte 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Saint-Hippolyte has 29%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Hippolyte ranks below 61% of compared French towns on couples with children: 23%
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 33% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Hippolyte: 8.5% of homes are second homes, above 86% 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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 7.7% in Saint-Hippolyte. Census figures put empty homes at 10% here. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,520 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 €29,520 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Saint-Hippolyte ranks below 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 81% of compared French towns: 3.1% of residents are immigrants
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Saint-Hippolyte comes in at 1.8%. The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Hippolyte
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
Half of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Hippolyte, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Saint-Hippolyte. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 927 to 2,582 people, the 10th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Hippolyte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hippolyte | 51.5 | 29% | 8.5% | 3.1% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 3.2 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 3.4 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 4.2 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 4.7 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 7.9 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 8.8 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 Saint-Hippolyte
What is the population of Saint-Hippolyte?
927 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,028).
How old are Saint-Hippolyte’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 87% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Hippolyte?
46, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Hippolyte?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Hippolyte?
€29,520 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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