36% of households are couples with children, more than in 94% of compared French towns
0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Socourt’s 130 households held 282 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 25 here (4%). At 8.6%, the share of flats is lower than in 89% 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 Socourt
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 50% of compared French towns grew faster than Socourt: +5%
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 ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 46: Socourt is older than 63% 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
■ Socourt 46. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 21% in Socourt and 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 85% of compared French towns: 28%
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: 8%, below 80% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
5.6% of households have no car, below 83% 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
One household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Empty homes account for 9.4%. Fewer second homes than in 90% of compared French towns: 0.7%.
Half above, half below €26,940 a year in standard of living
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 €26,940 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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
36% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. As a yardstick, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Socourt, 0.7%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 45% in Socourt. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 59% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Socourt, 17%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 282 to 2,582
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).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Socourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socourt | 46 | 21% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 2.6 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 8.5 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 12.7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Damelevières 3,080 · 12.8 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Blainville-sur-l'Eau 3,893 · 13.2 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 0.4% | 2.2% |
| Rosières-aux-Salines 2,810 · 14 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
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 Socourt
What is the population of Socourt?
282 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (269).
How old are Socourt’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Socourt?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Socourt?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Socourt?
€26,940 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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