Photo: Nicolas5788 · CC BY-SA 4.0Éloyes sits below 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4.7%)
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Éloyes, 20%. At the same time, on households in social housing, Éloyes sits higher than 79% of compared French towns: 21%. 3,138 residents in 1,470 households: that is Éloyes at the 2023 Census. Across Éloyes, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
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 Éloyes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Éloyes had 3,281 residents at the 2012 census and 3,138 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.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%.
A median age of 47.1: Éloyes is older than 70% 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
■ Éloyes 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Éloyes.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 39% in Éloyes, more than in 65% 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
Single-parent households: 12% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
43% of homes are flats, more than in 68% 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
Some 9.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. The census found that 14% of households have no car in Éloyes. The town has fewer empty homes than 54% of compared French towns, at 6.4%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,900 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 residents live in households above €24,900 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 14.0% of residents.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 91% 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
Roughly three in ten: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Éloyes sits below 70% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.4%)
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: 2.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 71% of compared French towns
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 59% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Éloyes, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 17th 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 33.7 in Longperrier to 64.6 in La Tranche-sur-Mer.
Éloyes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éloyes | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 4.1 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 4.6 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
| Remiremont 7,388 · 5.5 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3% | 9.1% |
| Vagney 3,843 · 7.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9% | 2.7% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 9.2 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
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 Éloyes
What is the population of Éloyes?
3,138 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (3,281).
How old are Éloyes’ residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Éloyes?
32, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Éloyes?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 92 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Éloyes?
€24,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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