Below 99% of compared French towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
3.5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Montcey is home to 264 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Montcey, 3.3% of homes are flats. Higher than in 85% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône 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 Montcey
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 4.6% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montcey grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 71% 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 Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +15% and the next six −4%.
A median age of 45: Montcey is older than 56% 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
■ Montcey 45. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 4.6% of households are single parents in Montcey
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 Haute-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 34%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
A lower share of empty homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of homes are second homes in Montcey. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 0.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 34%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €27,580 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,580 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Montcey: 44% of households are headed by a retired person, above 92% of compared French towns
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 manual worker stands at 13%. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Montcey has 0.4%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 91% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Montcey. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Montcey, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
On the census count, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 264 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Montcey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montcey | 45 | 24% | 4.9% | 0.4% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 4.1 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 5.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 9.3 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Lure 7,877 · 12.4 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 13 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 16.1 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
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 Montcey
What is the population of Montcey?
264 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (239).
How old are Montcey’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montcey?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montcey?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montcey?
€27,580 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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