Turckheim ranks above 87% of compared French towns on second homes: 9.4%
With a median age of 48.8, Turckheim is older than 78% of compared French towns. Here, 7% of households have no car. This Haut-Rhin town is home to 4,139 residents in 2,020 households, by the 2023 Census. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Turckheim comes in at 52%.
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.
A +11% change since 2012: Turckheim grew faster than 73% 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 first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +10%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Turckheim ranks below 88% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Turckheim 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Turckheim, 27%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% 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
On average, 2 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Few places have as many one-person households: 40% here, more than in 69% of compared French towns. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.2% of households are single parents in Turckheim.
11% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 57% 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
The census found that 7.5% of homes stand empty in Turckheim. To put it in context, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A median of €28,980 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,980 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 9.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 62% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Nearly a tenth of Turckheim’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 35% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.3% of residents in Turckheim 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.
The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Turckheim (7.3%). Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 5%, from the figure 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 76% 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
Married residents account for 44%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 81% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 37%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 4,112 to 4,170 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.
Ages run from 36.5 in Chanteloup-en-Brie to 62.9 in Fouras.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Turckheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turckheim | 48.8 | 27% | 9.4% | 7.3% |
| Wintzenheim 8,059 · 1.4 mi | 46 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.7% |
| Ingersheim 4,774 · 1.5 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 6.6% | 13% |
| Colmar 66,970 · 3.3 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 4.8% | 17% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 3.6 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Horbourg-Wihr 6,199 · 5.5 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.2% | 7.3% |
| Orbey 3,429 · 6.3 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 12% | 3.7% |
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 Turckheim
What is the population of Turckheim?
4,139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (3,723).
How old are Turckheim’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Turckheim?
230, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Turckheim?
INSEE counts 300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 210 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Turckheim?
€28,980 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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