One-person households: 67%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, below 90% of compared French towns. Geraise had 41 residents in 18 households at the 2023 Census. Flats: 14% of the total. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.9%, more than in 78% of compared French towns.
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 Geraise
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Geraise, 16% of its 25 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Geraise’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 43% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Geraise had 44 residents at the 2012 census and 41 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Geraise sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (16%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Geraise behind 93% 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
Over those years, the median Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Geraise is over 49, older than 79% 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
■ Geraise 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 33%
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. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Geraise ranks above 55% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 33%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Geraise: 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.
Immigrants are rarer here 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 37%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 of 5 neighbors are older than Geraise
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geraise | 49 | 19% | 16% | 0% |
| Arbois 3,114 · 9 mi | 55 | 35% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 13.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 14.1 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 14.7 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 17 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
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 Geraise
What is the population of Geraise?
41 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (44).
How old are Geraise’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Geraise?
4, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Geraise?
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%.
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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