Above 95% of compared French towns: 37% of households are couples with children
By its share of households without a car (3.5%), Évans is below 97% of compared French towns. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town is home to 651 residents in 260 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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 Évans
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 3.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 54% 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 +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Jura town −4%.
Évans sits below 66% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (20%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Évans 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Évans is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Évans sits below 97% of compared French towns for one-person households (23%)
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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 3.8%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
Only 9.6% of homes are flats in Évans
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
Of all households, 7% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Fewer second homes than in 65% of compared French towns: 1.4%. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 7.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €28,840 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 Évans’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,840 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Évans ranks below 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 25%
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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Add to that, households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 80% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. For Évans, the census puts immigrants at 2.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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 52% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 37% in Évans, more than in 73% 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, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Évans, 16%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Évans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Évans | 43.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 1.9 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 12 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 12.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 12.2 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 12.2 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Dole 23,840 · 14.8 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 2% | 13% |
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 Évans
What is the population of Évans?
651 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (627).
How old are Évans’ residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Évans?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Évans?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Évans?
€28,840 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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