35% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
The median age in Le Tholy is 49.8, higher than in 82% of compared French towns. The census found that 3% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. This Vosges town is home to 1,489 residents in 710 households, by the 2023 Census. In Le Tholy, just over a fifth of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
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 Tholy
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 420 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Tholy, 35% of its 1,210 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 51% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Tholy had 1,586 residents at the 2012 census and 1,489 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 8.1% of households have no car in Le Tholy
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
Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%. 31% of homes are flats, more than in 52% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.9% of the total.
Since 2012, Le Tholy has changed by −6%, slower than 91% 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 −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%.
8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 90% 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 Tholy 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Le Tholy. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.7%, a lower share than 83% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. More one-person households than in 55% of compared French towns: 36%. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,780 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,780 a year: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Le Tholy: 41% of households are headed by a retired person, above 86% 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: 15%, above three fifths of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Here, 8.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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, Le Tholy has 1.9%. Against that, 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 85% 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
The figure for married residents is 45% in Le Tholy and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Le Tholy ranks above 64% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 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
Here 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,489 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Le Tholy and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 Tholy | 49.8 | 27% | 35% | 2.9% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 4.9 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Vagney 3,843 · 5.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9% | 2.7% |
| Gérardmer 7,581 · 5.9 mi | 54.8 | 33% | 41% | 6.8% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 6.4 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 7.6 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
| La Bresse 3,853 · 8.4 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 Tholy
What is the population of Le Tholy?
1,489 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,586).
How old are Le Tholy’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Tholy?
420, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Tholy?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Tholy?
€25,780 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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