6.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
6% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 127 residents in 56 households. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in five here (20%). Couples with children are more common here than in three quarters 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 Vauchoux
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 67% of compared French towns: Vauchoux changed by +1% since 2012
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −12%; 2017 to 2023, +14%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vauchoux 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.8, Vauchoux is younger than 52% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 69% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Empty homes make up 15% in Vauchoux, more than in 95% 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
There is little gap on second homes: 1.5%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 5.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €24,520 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 median standard of living in Vauchoux is €24,520 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 97% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 3.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Vauchoux, less than in 92% 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
41% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 68% 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, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 127 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Vauchoux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauchoux | 43.8 | 26% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 1.8 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 6.6 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 6.6 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 Vauchoux
What is the population of Vauchoux?
127 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (126).
How old are Vauchoux’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vauchoux?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vauchoux?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vauchoux?
€24,520 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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