Above 99% of compared French towns: 42% of households are couples with children
The figure for households without a car is 1.5% in Gorhey and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town has fewer flats than 90% of compared French towns, at 8.1%. Census day 2023: 174 residents and 67 households here. Locally, a third of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Gorhey
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Gorhey’s residents are under 36.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gorhey’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 72% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, −2%.
Half of Gorhey is under 36.8, younger than 92% 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
■ Gorhey 36.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.3% in Gorhey. On residents aged 65 and over, Gorhey sits lower than 95% of compared French towns: 14%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Gorhey ranks below 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
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
Each household has 2.6 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
More empty homes than 75% of compared French towns: 9.4%
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. Here, 2.7% of homes are second homes. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A typical living standard of €26,570 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,570 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Gorhey, 25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Gorhey has 17%. Elsewhere, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Gorhey has 1.2%. Typically, 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.
In Gorhey, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
Half of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Gorhey, less than in 76% 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
Graduates of higher education: 24%, below 72% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 174 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Gorhey is the youngest (36.8); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Gorhey is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorhey | 36.8 | 14% | 2.7% | 1.2% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 6.7 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 6.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 7.2 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 7.8 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 10.3 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 11 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
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 Gorhey
What is the population of Gorhey?
174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (175).
How old are Gorhey’s residents?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gorhey?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gorhey?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gorhey?
€26,570 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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