In Rhodes, 89% of homes are second homes, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Rhodes comes in at 2.7%. Empty homes: 0.2% of the total. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 6.9%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 126 people lived here, in 71 households.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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 Rhodes
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 580 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rhodes, 89% of its 650 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 84% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Rhodes’ residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Rhodes’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Growing fast
Rhodes had 103 residents at the 2012 census and 126 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
8.9% of homes are flats, below 89% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 15% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 15%.
A growing town: +22% since 2012, faster than 92% 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 change was +18% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%.
Half of Rhodes is over 54.7, older than 93% 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
■ Rhodes 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 50%
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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.8 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a fifth of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
€33,610 a year is the median standard of living here
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 residents live in households above €33,610 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
Rhodes sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (25%)
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: 19%, above 86% of compared French towns. On the census count, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 69% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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.
In Rhodes, 7.7% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In Rhodes, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Rhodes ranks below 83% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 126 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Rhodes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhodes | 54.7 | 28% | 89% | 7.7% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 7.2 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 8.9 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 15.1 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 16.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 16.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 17.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 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 Rhodes
What is the population of Rhodes?
126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (103).
How old are Rhodes’ residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 93% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rhodes?
580, with occasional dwellings: 89% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rhodes?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rhodes?
€33,610 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.