Photo: Espirat · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 53.8: Le Thillot is older than 92% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 95% of compared French towns: 3.4%. At the same time, nearly one in ten homes are second homes, more than in 85% of compared French towns. Le Thillot’s 1,590 households held 3,167 residents at the 2023 Census. One-person households: 46% of the total.
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 Le Thillot
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Thillot had 3,624 residents at the 2012 census and 3,167 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Le Thillot’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Thillot changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, −8%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, a higher share than 91% 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
■ Le Thillot 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
8% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
Only 17% of households are couples with children in Le Thillot
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 make up 8.8%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 86% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Flats make up 45%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Roughly two in ten: nearly a fifth of households have no car. At 11%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €21,690 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 median standard of living in Le Thillot is €21,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 90% of compared French towns. 21.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Le Thillot comes in at 39%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 8.4%, a higher share than 76% of compared French towns
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 higher than in 70% of compared French towns. For Le Thillot, the census puts immigrants at 10%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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, fewer than in 67% 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
For Le Thillot, the census puts single residents at 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (35%), Le Thillot is above 98% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,149 to 3,187 people: this is the 9th 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 Longperrier (33.7), the youngest, and Meschers-sur-Gironde (66.1), the oldest.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Le Thillot are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Thillot | 53.8 | 33% | 8.1% | 10% |
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte 2,566 · 4.9 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 21% | 4.4% |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,419 · 5.9 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Cornimont 3,027 · 6.5 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% | 5.8% |
| Vagney 3,843 · 9.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9% | 2.7% |
| Giromagny 2,907 · 10.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| La Bresse 3,853 · 10.4 mi | 56.6 | 35% | 54% | 2.9% |
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 Le Thillot
What is the population of Le Thillot?
3,167 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (3,624).
How old are Le Thillot’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Thillot?
160, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Thillot?
INSEE counts 320 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Thillot?
€21,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% 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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