Couples with children: 42%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Flats make up 5.5%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Tilly-sur-Meuse had 272 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census. The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker locally. One in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 77% of compared French towns.
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 Tilly-sur-Meuse
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 4.3% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves Tilly-sur-Meuse behind 84% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Meuse.
Tilly-sur-Meuse sits below 77% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tilly-sur-Meuse 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.5, Tilly-sur-Meuse is younger than 69% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Tilly-sur-Meuse, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.3%
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
The typical household size is 2.4 people. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 33% of households are one person living alone.
95% of homes are houses
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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of households without a car here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €21,800 a year in standard of living
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,800 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 76% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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).
5% of residents are immigrants, below 64% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 22 here (4.6%). The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 75% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Across Tilly-sur-Meuse, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 91% 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 Tilly-sur-Meuse, 26%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 272 to 2,582
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.
Median age: 4 of the 5 towns around Tilly-sur-Meuse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilly-sur-Meuse | 41.5 | 18% | 2.1% | 5% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 8.9 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 10.8 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 11.9 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 12.1 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Étain 3,375 · 17.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
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 Tilly-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Tilly-sur-Meuse?
272 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (283).
How old are Tilly-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tilly-sur-Meuse?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tilly-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tilly-sur-Meuse?
€21,800 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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