More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 28%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 98 households in Ray-sur-Saône at the 2023 Census, home to 209 residents. The census found that 2.8% of homes are flats in the town. By its share of residents aged 65 and over (33%), Ray-sur-Saône is above 92% of compared French towns.
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 Ray-sur-Saône
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ray-sur-Saône, 28% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ray-sur-Saône sits below 92% of compared French towns for empty homes (3.5%)
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. 5.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Ray-sur-Saône has changed by ±0%, slower than 70% 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
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Ray-sur-Saône is over 50.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ray-sur-Saône 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Ray-sur-Saône comes in at 9.1%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
37% of households are one person living alone, a share 58% 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 Haute-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 11% here and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €27,560 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 €27,560 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
42% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 88% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 5.3%, Ray-sur-Saône is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 21% in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.9%), Ray-sur-Saône is below 80% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 56%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Ray-sur-Saône. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 64% of compared French towns, at 26%
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, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th oldest of 41 French towns of 209 to 2,582 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Ray-sur-Saône
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray-sur-Saône | 50.6 | 33% | 28% | 3.3% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 12.3 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Gray 5,365 · 14.7 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 14.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 15.8 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Ray-sur-Saône
What is the population of Ray-sur-Saône?
209 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (209).
How old are Ray-sur-Saône’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ray-sur-Saône?
40, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ray-sur-Saône?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ray-sur-Saône?
€27,560 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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