Genod: 57% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% of compared French towns
The figure for one-person households is 29% in Genod and 35% in the typical compared French town. 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. The town had 73 residents in 33 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households without a car at 18% locally.
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 Genod
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Genod, 25% of its 48 homes: higher than in 94% 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.
In Genod, 2.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
One household in five has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 25%, more than in 94% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.1% moved in during the last two years and 33% have stayed three decades or more.
Since 2012, Genod has grown +11%, faster than 71% 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 Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +7%.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Genod is over 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Genod 49. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Genod has 27%.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Genod ranks above 68% of compared French towns on couples with children: 29%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. The typical household size is 2.2 people.
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 53% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 73% of compared French towns: 4.1% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With single residents at 20%, Genod is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns: 19%
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 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 73 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Genod is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genod | 49 | 27% | 25% | 4.1% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 8.6 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 8.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 8.8 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 12.2 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 12.5 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 14.5 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
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 Genod
What is the population of Genod?
73 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (66).
How old are Genod’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Genod?
12, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Genod?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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