What is the postal code of Baden?

Baden has 5 postal codes: 5300, 5400, 5404, 5405, 5406.

What is the tax rate in Baden?

The municipal tax multiplier of Baden is 89% (2026); canton AG levies 103%.

How much tax do you pay in Baden?

A single person without children pays about 11'939 CHF income tax in Baden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 19 of 196 in canton AG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Baden have?

Baden has 24'012 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Baden?

Baden has 7'222 foreign residents, a share of 30.08% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton AG · Bezirk Baden

Baden

5300–5406

AG CANTON5300 5400 5404 5405+1 PLZ

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

11'866 49.4%

Men

12'146 50.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

4'171 17.4%

Swiss citizens

16'790 69.9%

Foreign residents

7'222 30.1%

Population density

1'631 pop./km²

0–19 · 4'171 · 17.4%20–64 · 15'736 · 65.5%65+ · 4'105 · 17.1%

Foreign residents 30.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +159 (+0.7%) · 232 births · 164 deaths · net migration +111

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Baden

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 26.5% Yes

33.8% YesNo 66.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 24.4% Yes

16.7% YesNo 83.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 53.5% Yes

43.5% YesNo 56.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 43.1% Yes

28.3% YesNo 71.7%

14.06.2026Aargauische Volksinitiative "Bildungsqualität sichern – JETZT!" vom 28. August 2024Cantonal AG● Rejected · 42.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 45.4% Yes

54.0% YesNo 46.0%

14.06.2026Verkehrsinfrastruktur-Entwicklung Raum Suhr (VERAS); Verpflichtungskredit vom 16. Dezember 2025Cantonal AG● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 49.2% Yes

47.0% YesNo 53.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 54.5% Yes

64.9% YesNo 35.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 26.8% Yes

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 38.7% Yes

27.8% YesNo 72.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Baden: 32.5% Yes

23.6% YesNo 76.4%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP25.7% · strongest party

SP25.7%

SVP16.3%

GRÜNE13.8%

FDP13.5%

GLP12.9%

2023 result for today's territory: the party votes of Baden and Turgi added together (merged on 01.01.2024).

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier89%

Cantonal tax multiplier103%

89%AG range 48%127%

Tax rank 21 of 196 in canton Aargau

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'939 CHF(11.9%)

Rank 19 of 196 in the canton · 294 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'952 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Oberwil-Lieli 9'753 CHF · most expensive Ammerswil 13'965 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:11'939 CHF(~11.9%)

BadenCanton range AargauSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Baden	Aargau	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	3.8–5.6%	5.4%
50'000	6.5%	5.2–7.7%	7.8%
60'000	7.9%	6.4–9.3%	10.5%
70'000	9.1%	7.4–10.7%	11.9%
80'000	10.1%	8.2–11.9%	13.1%
90'000	10.9%	8.9–12.8%	14.1%
100'000	11.9%	9.8–14%	15.3%
110'000	12.8%	10.5–14.9%	16.3%
120'000	13.6%	11.2–15.8%	17.2%
130'000	14.2%	11.7–16.5%	18.1%
140'000	14.9%	12.4–17.3%	19%
150'000	15.6%	13–18%	19.7%
175'000	17.1%	14.4–19.7%	21.6%
200'000	18.4%	15.5–21.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.6%	16.6–22.4%	24.6%
250'000	20.7%	17.6–23.6%	25.8%
275'000	21.6%	18.4–24.5%	26.8%
300'000	22.3%	19.1–25.3%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'066 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

606 m

Mean elevation

450 m

Relief

275 m

Mean slope

9.4°

Flat share

34.9%

South-facing

10.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 275 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

117.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

151.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

26'100

Per inhabitant

4'895 kWh/yr

118 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

26.53 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.2 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.12 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.88 Rp./kWh

26.53 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.88 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Regionalwerke AG Baden

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Standard model, deductible 300570 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Aargau392 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Baden →Canton Aargau →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Aargau (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.8 %

Second homes

10.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

12'767

Built before 194621.0%

Built since 200124.3%

0.8 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

31'657

Workplaces

2'695

Services share

77.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 77 (0.2%) · Secondary 6'921 (21.9%) · Tertiary 24'659 (77.9%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

22.2 %

Farmland

103 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 63 min · Car 30 min

AgglomerationPT 19 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 96/196 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number4021

Websitebaden.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Baden

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Baden ranks

Largest municipalities24'012 #1 AG · #40 CH Growing municipalities0.7% #100 AG · #990 CH Shrinking municipalities0.7% #97 AG · #1124 CH Jobs per resident1.32 #4 AG · #45 CH Families & children17.4% #183 AG · #1769 CH Age structure17.1% #160 AG · #1762 CH Women share49.4% #99 AG · #1334 CH Foreign residents30.1% #43 AG · #306 CH Population density1'631/km² #7 AG · #102 CH Tax burden11'939 #19 AG · #294 CH Taxes89% #21 AG Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #132 AG · #891 CH Sunniest municipalities40.1% #107 AG · #1824 CH Rainiest municipalities1'066 mm #124 AG · #1292 CH Voter turnout59% #48 AG · #704 CH Against Switzerland12.7% #101 AG · #1073 CH Aligned with Switzerland87.3% #59 AG · #403 CH SVP strongholds16.3% #195 AG · #1939 CH SP strongholds25.7% #4 AG · #150 CH Centre strongholds12.6% #90 AG · #991 CH FDP strongholds13.5% #58 AG · #985 CH GLP strongholds12.9% #6 AG · #98 CH Green strongholds13.8% #2 AG · #201 CH Largest by area14.7 km² #11 AG · #663 CH Highest municipalities422 m #106 AG · #1763 CH Second homes10.2% #37 AG · #1161 CH Organic farming22.2% #34 AG · #549 CH Best-connected municipalities63 min #96 AG · #884 CH Remotest municipalities63 min #96 AG · #1237 CH Highest peaks606 m #104 AG · #1517 CH Highest-lying municipalities450 m #110 AG · #1721 CH Greatest vertical range275 m #53 AG · #1061 CH Steepest municipalities9.4° #53 AG · #977 CH Solar potential118 GWh #2 AG · #55 CH Solar potential per capita4'895 kWh #189 AG · #1986 CH Cheapest electricity26.53 Rp./kWh #63 AG · #1031 CH Most expensive electricity26.53 Rp./kWh #134 AG · #1076 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Baden5400 5404 Dättwil AG5405 Rütihof5406 Turgi5300

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Baden?: Baden has 5 postal codes: 5300, 5400, 5404, 5405, 5406.
What is the tax rate in Baden?: The municipal tax multiplier of Baden is 89% (2026); canton AG levies 103%.
How much tax do you pay in Baden?: A single person without children pays about 11'939 CHF income tax in Baden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 19 of 196 in canton AG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Baden have?: Baden has 24'012 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Baden?: Baden has 7'222 foreign residents, a share of 30.08% (2025).

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