A median age of 56.6: Vittel is older than 96% of compared French towns
The share of flats tops 77% of compared French towns: 52%. Locally, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. Fewer single-parent households than in 73% of compared French towns: 8.5%. Vittel had 4,780 residents in 2,630 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Vittel
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 500 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vittel, 14% of its 3,530 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 18% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Vittel’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vittel had 5,318 residents at the 2012 census and 4,780 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Vittel’s households are one person: higher than in 93% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vittel sits above 91% of compared French towns for second homes (14%)
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
The share of households without a car tops 65% of compared French towns: 14%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten homes stand empty. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Vittel has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −5%, then −6% to 2023.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 36% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vittel 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Vittel, 14% of households are couples with children, 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
The figure for one-person households is 50% in Vittel and 35% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.8 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,200 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,200 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 63% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 12.0% of residents are below the line.
In Vittel, 6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 72% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 9.4% of 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).
Immigrants make up 5.9% of Vittel’s residents
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.
The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.9% of residents are immigrants. There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.3%, about the same as 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 67% 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
On the census count, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Vittel sits above 61% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Vittel. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 3rd 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 Chasseneuil-du-Poitou to 57 in Casteljaloux.
No nearby town is as old as Vittel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vittel | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 2.7 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 10.9 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 15.8 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
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 Vittel
What is the population of Vittel?
4,780 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (5,318).
How old are Vittel’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vittel?
500, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vittel?
INSEE counts 280 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vittel?
€27,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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