48% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of homes stand empty here. At the 2023 Census Maisod was home to 326 people in 150 households. Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% 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 Maisod
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Maisod, 48% of its 310 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 71% 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.
Only 0.7% of households have no car in Maisod
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
The figure for flats is 20% in Maisod and 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The census found that 8% of households rent social housing (HLM) locally.
−2% since 2012: slower than 76% 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 −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Jura town −4%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maisod 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Maisod is 50.1, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 28% of households are one person living alone
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are couples with children here.
Median living standard: €28,050 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 €28,050 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 69% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Maisod, 30%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, below 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Maisod comes in at 2.1%. The median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents make up 18% in Maisod, less than in 98% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Maisod has 44%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Maisod, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
With graduates of higher education at 34%, Maisod is ahead of 62% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (326 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Maisod 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisod | 50.1 | 22% | 48% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 10.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 13.2 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 15.1 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 15.1 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 15.8 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 16 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
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 Maisod
What is the population of Maisod?
326 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (331).
How old are Maisod’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maisod?
150, with occasional dwellings: 48% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maisod?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maisod?
€28,050 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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