Prey ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 38%
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Prey. Locally, 7.5% of households have no car. Flats are rarer here than in 82% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 88, in 40 households.
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 Prey
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prey, 11% of its 47 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 80% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 10% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prey had 100 residents at the 2012 census and 88 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Prey’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Prey sits above 88% of compared French towns for second homes (11%)
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. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 4.3%.
Prey’s population moved −12% on 2012, less than in 98% 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 −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%.
Prey is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Prey 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. Residents aged 65 and over come to 32% in Prey, about three in ten.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Each household has 2.2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.4% in Prey, less than in 78% 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.
2.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). To put it in context, 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.
In Prey, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Married residents: 47%, above 77% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 80% 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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Prey (30%). Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Prey is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prey | 50.7 | 32% | 11% | 3.4% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 2.6 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 5.2 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 6.9 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 10.7 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 11 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 11.1 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
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 Prey
What is the population of Prey?
88 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (100).
How old are Prey’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prey?
5, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prey?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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