Only 2.4% of households have no car in Taintrux
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Single-parent households account for 5.9%. In 2023, the Census found 1,439 residents in Taintrux, living in 680 households. The share of flats is 4.6%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Taintrux
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taintrux, 14% of its 850 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 99% 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
Taintrux had 1,572 residents at the 2012 census and 1,439 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Taintrux’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes in Taintrux are second homes
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
In the last two years, 5.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many empty homes: 7% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns.
Taintrux changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 95% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vosges town −6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
Taintrux is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Taintrux 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Taintrux comes in at 8.5%. 26% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 66% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of households are couples with children in Taintrux. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
At the median, €26,760 a year to live on
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 Taintrux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 44% of households are headed by a retired person
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
On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 54% of compared French towns: 8.8%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 86% of compared French towns: 2.6% of residents are immigrants
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 Taintrux comes in at 2.1%. As a yardstick, 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.
Single residents make up 18% in Taintrux, less 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
52% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 18%, a lower share than 55% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,439 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Taintrux and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taintrux | 51.6 | 26% | 14% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 3.7 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Anould 3,234 · 4.8 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 6.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 8.4 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 8.5 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 8.9 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
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 Taintrux
What is the population of Taintrux?
1,439 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,572).
How old are Taintrux’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taintrux?
120, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taintrux?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taintrux?
€26,760 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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