Couples with children make up 45% in Pierrefitte, more than in 99% of compared French towns
4.4% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Census day 2023: 134 residents and 52 households in Pierrefitte. On the census count, 5.5% of households have no car. This Vosges town has fewer second homes than 56% of compared French towns, at 1.8%.
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 Pierrefitte
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Pierrefitte’s residents are under 36.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pierrefitte grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 83% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%.
Half of Pierrefitte is under 36.5, younger than 93% 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
■ Pierrefitte 36.5. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of Pierrefitte’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Vosges town and 22% in the median compared French town; 30% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Pierrefitte, 18% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
Average household size: 2.6 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 65% of compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 18% of homes stand empty
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 9.1%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,930 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 €24,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 18% in Pierrefitte, less 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker in Pierrefitte.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.1% in Pierrefitte, less than in 90% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Pierrefitte comes in at 2.1%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Pierrefitte, 29% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 74% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Pierrefitte has 41%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 134 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.
Pierrefitte is the youngest (36.5); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Pierrefitte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefitte | 36.5 | 13% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 9.3 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 10.8 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 11.7 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 11.8 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 12.4 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 12.7 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
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 Pierrefitte
What is the population of Pierrefitte?
134 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (116).
How old are Pierrefitte’s residents?
The median age is 36.5, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierrefitte?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierrefitte?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierrefitte?
€24,930 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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