Single-parent households: 15%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Rioz. This Haute-Saône town counted 2,398 residents and 1,030 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 16% of residents are 65 or over. Households in social housing are more common here than in 82% 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 Rioz
Growing fast
Rioz had 2,004 residents at the 2012 census and 2,398 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 median Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +13% and the next six +6%.
Half of Rioz is under 40.4, younger than 77% 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
■ Rioz 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Rioz has 12%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, a share 78% 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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Rioz comes in at 31%. Households here average 2.3 people each. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 5.8% of households have no car in Rioz
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
Long tenure is the mark of 10% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). On second homes, Rioz sits lower than 66% of compared French towns: 1.4%. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Rioz has 8.1%.
Median living standard: €26,400 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,400 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 9.0% of residents are below the line.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 59% of compared French towns, at 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
Locally, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Rioz, 1.3%. By way of 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.
Married residents: 42%, a lower share than 58% 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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Rioz has 38%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,398 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Rioz
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rioz | 40.4 | 16% | 1.4% | 2.8% |
| Thise 2,994 · 10 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 10.2 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 10.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 11.4 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 12.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 13 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
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 Rioz
What is the population of Rioz?
2,398 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (2,004).
How old are Rioz’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rioz?
16, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rioz?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rioz?
€26,400 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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