Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
3'171 49.3%
Men
3'267 50.7%
Children & youth (0–19)
1'308 20.3%
Swiss citizens
4'598 71.4%
Foreign residents
1'840 28.6%
Population density
556 pop./km²
0–19 · 1'308 · 20.3%20–64 · 3'879 · 60.3%65+ · 1'251 · 19.4%
Foreign residents 28.6%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +21 (+0.3%) · 59 births · 57 deaths · net migration +25
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
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 Weinfelden: 21.7% Yes
24.5% YesNo 75.5%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Weinfelden: 39.6% Yes
34.6% YesNo 65.4%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Weinfelden: 62.0% Yes
58.6% YesNo 41.4%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Weinfelden: 61.5% Yes
59.9% YesNo 40.1%
14.06.2026Änderung der Kantonsverfassung zur Anpassung der FinanzkompetenzenCantonal TG● Accepted · 57.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Weinfelden: 54.0% Yes
54.4% YesNo 45.6%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Weinfelden: 33.3% Yes
35.5% YesNo 64.5%
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 Weinfelden: 18.0% Yes
21.0% YesNo 79.0%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Weinfelden: 45.8% Yes
42.2% YesNo 57.8%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Weinfelden: 42.7% Yes
42.9% YesNo 57.1%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Weinfelden: 70.4% Yes
69.6% YesNo 30.4%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP37.3% · strongest party
SVP37.3%
Mitte19.4%
SP10.3%
GRÜNE7.8%
FDP7.1%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier158%
Cantonal tax multiplier109%
158%TG range 94%175%
Tax rank 71 of 80 in canton ThurgauTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
13'751 CHF(13.8%)
Rank 71 of 80 in the canton · 775 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 13'209 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Warth-Weiningen 10'862 CHF · most expensive Arbon 14'518 CHF
100'000 CHF:13'751 CHF(~13.8%)
BischofszellCanton range ThurgauSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Bischofszell | Thurgau | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 6.4% | 5–6.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 8.3% | 6.4–8.8% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 10% | 7.7–10.6% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 11.2% | 8.8–11.9% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 12.2% | 9.5–12.9% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 12.9% | 10.1–13.6% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 13.8% | 10.9–14.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 14.6% | 11.6–15.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 15.3% | 12.2–16.1% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 16% | 12.8–16.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 16.6% | 13.4–17.5% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 17.2% | 13.9–18.1% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 18.6% | 15.1–19.5% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 19.9% | 16.3–20.9% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 21.1% | 17.4–22.1% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 22.1% | 18.3–23.2% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 23% | 19.1–24% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 23.7% | 19.7–24.8% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.4 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'016 mm
9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
618 m
Mean elevation
527 m
Relief
163 m
Mean slope
5.5°
Flat share
62.7%
South-facing
4.3%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 163 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
Roof potential
54.4 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
70.7 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
12'100
Per inhabitant
8'445 kWh/yr
54 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 · 2027Tariff H4
41.05 Rp./kWh
Energy
15.37 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
20.61 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.8 Rp./kWh
41.05 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.29 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Technische Gemeindebetriebe Bischofszell
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 · 2024Standard model, deductible 300544 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Thurgau382 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Thurgau (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.
2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026
Housing
BFS · AREVacancy rate
1.31 %
Second homes
11.3 %
Avg. rooms
3.8
Dwellings
3'287
Built before 194633.0%
Built since 200120.4%
1.31 %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 · 2024Jobs
3'499
Workplaces
418
Services share
48.8 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 87 (2.5%) · Secondary 1'705 (48.7%) · Tertiary 1'707 (48.8%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
25
Organic share
12 %
Farmland
597 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities6'438 #9 TG · #318 CHGrowing municipalities0.3% #57 TG · #1219 CHShrinking municipalities0.3% #24 TG · #894 CHJobs per resident0.54 #12 TG · #453 CHFamilies & children20.3% #53 TG · #1051 CHAge structure19.4% #39 TG · #1362 CHWomen share49.3% #39 TG · #1396 CHForeign residents28.6% #21 TG · #371 CHPopulation density556/km² #18 TG · #464 CHTax burden13'751 #71 TG · #775 CHTaxes158% #71 TGWarmest municipalities9.4 °C #47 TG · #1078 CHSunniest municipalities39.6% #39 TG · #2032 CHRainiest municipalities1'016 mm #16 TG · #1559 CHVoter turnout51.5% #70 TG · #1647 CHAgainst Switzerland20.6% #33 TG · #485 CHAligned with Switzerland79.4% #37 TG · #975 CHSVP strongholds37.3% #63 TG · #820 CHSP strongholds10.3% #17 TG · #1497 CHCentre strongholds19.4% #8 TG · #561 CHFDP strongholds7.1% #59 TG · #1701 CHGLP strongholds6% #40 TG · #984 CHGreen strongholds7.8% #44 TG · #918 CHLargest by area11.6 km² #34 TG · #846 CHHighest municipalities506 m #27 TG · #1179 CHSecond homes11.3% #25 TG · #1007 CHOrganic farming12% #52 TG · #1087 CHBest-connected municipalities98 min #53 TG · #1681 CHRemotest municipalities98 min #27 TG · #432 CHHighest peaks618 m #39 TG · #1463 CHHighest-lying municipalities527 m #27 TG · #1319 CHGreatest vertical range163 m #44 TG · #1525 CHSteepest municipalities5.5° #27 TG · #1478 CHSolar potential54 GWh #12 TG · #278 CHSolar potential per capita8'445 kWh #59 TG · #1373 CHCheapest electricity41.05 Rp./kWh #79 TG · #2104 CHMost expensive electricity41.05 Rp./kWh #1 TG · #3 CH
Postal codes (3)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 4Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Bischofszell?
- Bischofszell has 3 postal codes: 8589, 9220, 9223.
- What is the tax rate in Bischofszell?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Bischofszell is 158% (2026); canton TG levies 109%.
- How much tax do you pay in Bischofszell?
- A single person without children pays about 13'751 CHF income tax in Bischofszell on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 71 of 80 in canton TG. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Bischofszell have?
- Bischofszell has 6'438 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Bischofszell?
- Bischofszell has 1'840 foreign residents, a share of 28.58% (2025).
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