14% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 93% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manual worker at 21%, Dompaire is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. This Vosges town is home to 1,077 residents in 480 households, by the 2023 Census. Households in social housing: 5.6% of the total. Single-parent households are more common here than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Dompaire
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dompaire had 1,125 residents at the 2012 census and 1,077 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dompaire changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 86% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vosges town −6%.
Half of Dompaire is under 43.6, younger than 53% 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
■ Dompaire 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Lower than in just over half of compared French towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 41% in Dompaire, more than in 72% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of couples with children (21%), Dompaire is below 69% of compared French towns. Households here average 2.1 people each. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
9.7% of homes stand empty, more than in 77% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.4%, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2.2%.
The median resident lives on €25,220 a year per consumption unit
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 Dompaire is €25,220 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 77% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 8.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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).
Below 96% of compared French towns: 1.6% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Dompaire, 1.3%. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 32%
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 share of single residents is 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Dompaire sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompaire | 43.6 | 22% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 6.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 9.2 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 9.9 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 10.3 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 10.7 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 11.2 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Dompaire
What is the population of Dompaire?
1,077 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,125).
How old are Dompaire’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dompaire?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dompaire?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dompaire?
€25,220 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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