Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.7%), Moussey is below 95% of compared French towns. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 19% of homes are flats. The town had 548 residents in 270 households at the 2023 census. Here, 39% of households are one person living alone.
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 Moussey
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Moussey, 24% of its 450 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 90% 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
Moussey had 643 residents at the 2012 census and 548 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Moussey’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 63 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 24%, a higher share than 94% 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
29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.2% moved in within the last two years. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. Still, in Moussey, 14% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Moussey has changed by −15%, slower than 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 change was −5% from 2012 to 2017 and −11% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 52: Moussey is older than 89% 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
■ Moussey 52. The median compared French town: 44.
In Moussey, 30% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% 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%.
A lower share of couples with children than 71% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
On average, 2 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.1% here, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€21,940 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Moussey’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 97% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person in Moussey. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Moussey sits below 79% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Moussey comes in at 4.2%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 42% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents: 26% of the total. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 42% and 6%, and 10% are widowed.
Graduates of higher education make up 16% in Moussey, less than in 96% 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
Adults with no qualification: 31%, above 93% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 548 to 2,582 people, 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Moussey is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moussey | 52 | 30% | 24% | 4.2% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 6.2 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 8.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 9 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 10.3 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 12.9 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 14.8 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
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 Moussey
What is the population of Moussey?
548 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (643).
How old are Moussey’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moussey?
110, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moussey?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moussey?
€21,940 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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