A larger share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 39%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Jons comes in at 4%. 3.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,647 residents and 600 households in the town. In Jons, 14% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Jons
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 9.6% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Jons had 1,354 residents at the 2012 census and 1,647 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.
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +10% for the median Rhône town, the change came in two steps: +10% from 2012 to 2017, then +11% to 2023.
Younger than 83% of compared French towns: half of Jons is under 39.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jons 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 18% in Jons and 22% in the typical compared French town. 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.7 people on average. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 58% of compared French towns: 9.6%.
Empty homes: 5.2%, a lower share than 71% 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
Second homes make up 3.1%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 9.2% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more.
€29,700 a year: the median 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 median standard of living in Jons is €29,700 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are headed by a retired person here. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Jons: 6.3% 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.
That is lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%. Foreign nationals account for 3.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Jons sits below 74% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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 the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Jons has 45%. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 65% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 33% in Jons and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Jons, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Jons
What is the population of Jons?
1,647 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (1,354).
How old are Jons’ residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jons?
20, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jons?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jons?
€29,700 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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