Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.2% in Vincey, less than in 92% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing tops 68% of compared French towns: 17%. With a median age of 46, Vincey is older than 63% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,053 residents in 970 households. Second homes account for 0.9%.
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 Vincey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vincey had 2,244 residents at the 2012 census and 2,053 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012, a pace below 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −6% in Vosges.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9% in Vincey, less than in 81% 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
■ Vincey 46. The median compared French town: 44.
In Vincey, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Vincey, 8.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 77% 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
The figure for one-person households is 37% in Vincey and 35% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Households average 2.1 people. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns.
More empty homes than 72% of compared French towns: 9%
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 make up 26%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of households have no car. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €23,800 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,800 a year: lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 16.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Vincey has fewer households headed by a retired person than 53% of compared French towns, at 32%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 85% of compared French towns: 2.7% 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.
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Set beside that, 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.
Below 63% of compared French towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Here, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Vincey. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 19th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Vincey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincey | 46 | 22% | 0.9% | 2.7% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 2.7 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 7.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 9.5 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 11.3 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 12.7 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 12.9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Vincey
What is the population of Vincey?
2,053 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (2,244).
How old are Vincey’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vincey?
10, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vincey?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vincey?
€23,800 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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