Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a retired person
2.8% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in 19 here (5.2%). At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Ruhans is home to 149 residents in 71 households, by the 2023 Census.
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.
Ruhans changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 84% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
In Ruhans, 19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 73% 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
■ Ruhans 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Ruhans is 45.5, higher than in 60% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.7% of households are single parents in Ruhans
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
With couples with children at 20%, Ruhans is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Empty homes make up 4.4% in Ruhans, less than in 83% 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
14% of households moved in less than two years ago; 18% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Ruhans comes in at 3.3%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,670 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.
At €26,670 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Ruhans sits above 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (27%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 13% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ruhans: 0% 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.
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.
Ruhans ranks below 81% of compared French towns on married residents: 38%
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
Here 22% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Ruhans ranks below 91% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
Graduates of higher education: 34%, above 63% of compared French towns. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 149 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Ruhans, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhans | 45.5 | 19% | 3.3% | 0% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 10.2 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 11.8 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Thise 2,994 · 12.4 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 12.7 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 13.5 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 13.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
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 Ruhans
What is the population of Ruhans?
149 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (155).
How old are Ruhans’ residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ruhans?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ruhans?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ruhans?
€26,670 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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