15% of households are couples with children, below 89% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Raon-l'Étape has 22%. Census day 2023: 5,886 residents and 3,070 households locally. Here, 21% of households have no car. Half of the town’s residents are over 47.4, older than in 72% of compared French towns.
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 Raon-l'Étape
Fewer residents than in 2012
Raon-l'Étape had 6,478 residents at the 2012 census and 5,886 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 480 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Raon-l'Étape behind 96% 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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, a higher share than 68% 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
■ Raon-l'Étape 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Raon-l'Étape sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 45%, a higher share than 85% 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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in 77% of compared French towns.
Raon-l'Étape: 13% of homes stand empty, above 92% 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
Flats: 46% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households in social housing at 17% in Raon-l'Étape.
Median living standard: €21,820 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 €21,820 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 90% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 24.0% of residents are below the line.
4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 91% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Raon-l'Étape. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 76% 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
Single residents: 28% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Raon-l'Étape ranks below 97% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 15%
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% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th 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.
Ages run from 36.3 in Fleury-sur-Orne to 56.9 in Arradon.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Raon-l'Étape 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raon-l'Étape | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 3.4 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 5.7 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 9.3 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 10.4 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 14.7 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Anould 3,234 · 15.5 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
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 Raon-l'Étape
What is the population of Raon-l'Étape?
5,886 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (6,478).
How old are Raon-l'Étape’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Raon-l'Étape?
100, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Raon-l'Étape?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Raon-l'Étape?
€21,820 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 24.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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