Second homes: 30%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Isches counted 176 residents and 84 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 6.5%. 44% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%).
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 Isches
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Isches, 30% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Isches ranks below 91% of compared French towns on flats: 7.7%
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in four fifths of compared French towns. The figure for households without a car is 8% in Isches and 11% in the typical compared French town.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Isches behind 65% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, +7%.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Isches is over 49.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Isches 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, below 64% 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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,420 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 €25,420 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (44%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Isches has 2.7%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
With married residents at 48%, Isches is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 18%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (16%), Isches is below 69% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 176 to 2,582 people, the 14th oldest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Isches
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isches | 49.3 | 28% | 30% | 3.2% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 11.8 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 13.8 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
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 Isches
What is the population of Isches?
176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (174).
How old are Isches’ residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Isches?
42, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Isches?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Isches?
€25,420 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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