Households without a car make up 4.4% in Harol, less than in 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Harol counted 614 residents and 260 households at the 2023 Census. In Harol, 8.6% of homes are flats. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone locally.
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.
Harol’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 60% 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 median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six −2%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 75% of compared French towns: 9.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Harol 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.8, Harol is younger than 59% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Harol (21%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 31%, a higher share than 78% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Harol has more single-parent households than 69% of compared French towns, at 11%.
4% of homes are second homes, more than in 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
6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, Harol sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 6.3%.
€26,260 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.
Half of Harol’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,260 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 74% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 17%, above 71% of compared French towns. On households headed by a retired person, Harol sits lower than just over three fifths of compared French towns: 31%. Elsewhere, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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.
The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 0.2% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 23% 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
For Harol, the census puts married residents at 44%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Harol, 28%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 614 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Harol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harol | 42.8 | 21% | 4% | 0.5% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 8.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 9.1 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 9.1 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 9.7 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 10.7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 12.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
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 Harol
What is the population of Harol?
614 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (599).
How old are Harol’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Harol?
12, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Harol?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Harol?
€26,260 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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