A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 3.8%
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Commercy, 16%. This Meuse town had 5,350 residents in 2,640 households at the 2023 Census. About one in four: that is how common households without a car are in Commercy (24%). More flats than in four fifths of compared French towns: 56%.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Commercy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Commercy had 6,262 residents at the 2012 census and 5,350 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Commercy’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 38% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 420 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Social housing
28% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 29% rent privately and 40% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Commercy has changed by −15%, slower than 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −8% for the median Meuse town, the change came in two steps: −12% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Commercy is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Commercy 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Commercy has 12%. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (25%).
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Commercy ranks above 90% of compared French towns on one-person households: 48%
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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Commercy, 13% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Households average 1.9 people.
14% of homes stand empty, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 28%, above 90% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 17% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 13% (under two years). Few places have so few second homes: 1.9% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €21,360 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 Commercy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 92% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 26.0%.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 17% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 9.4% in Commercy, more than in 68% 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.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 6.3%.
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 married residents than 94% of compared French towns: 33%
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
The figure for single residents is 34% in Commercy and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
31% of adults out of school have no qualification, more 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
A fifth of Commercy’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 31% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 5,289 to 5,411 people: this is the 11th 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.
Cruseilles is the youngest (36.3); Bretignolles-sur-Mer the oldest (62.9).
Commercy and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercy | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 9.5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Foug 2,628 · 10.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 13 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 13.6 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 14.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Gondreville 2,635 · 17.9 mi | 47.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
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 Commercy
What is the population of Commercy?
5,350 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (6,262).
How old are Commercy’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Commercy?
60, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Commercy?
INSEE counts 500 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 340 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Commercy?
€21,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 26.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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