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Demographics

BFS · 2025
Women
2'618 49.8%
Men
2'641 50.2%
Children & youth (0–19)
1'133 21.5%
Swiss citizens
4'392 83.5%
Foreign residents
867 16.5%
Population density
285 pop./km²
0–19 · 1'133 · 21.5%20–64 · 3'126 · 59.4%65+ · 1'000 · 19.0%
Foreign residents 16.5%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +79 (+1.5%) · 44 births · 53 deaths · net migration +86
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 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 36.9% Yes
37.9% YesNo 62.1%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 60.1% Yes
65.1% YesNo 34.9%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 55.5% Yes
59.4% YesNo 40.6%
14.06.2026Änderung der Kantonsverfassung zur Anpassung der FinanzkompetenzenCantonal TG● Accepted · 57.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 57.0% Yes
56.5% YesNo 43.5%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 40.4% Yes
35.2% YesNo 64.8%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 45.7% Yes
45.0% YesNo 55.0%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 42.0% Yes
40.0% YesNo 60.0%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 71.0% Yes
70.8% YesNo 29.2%
All federal votes →
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023
SVP44.4% · strongest party
SVP44.4%
Mitte16.5%
FDP9.4%
SP8.3%
GRÜNE7.2%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Municipal tax multiplier150%
Cantonal tax multiplier109%
150%TG range 94%175%
Tax rank 54 of 80 in canton Thurgau
Tax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
13'390 CHF(13.4%)
Rank 50 of 80 in the canton · 658 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
Income tax as % of gross income
0%8%15%23%30%40k50k100k150k200k250k300k
100'000 CHF:13'390 CHF(~13.4%)
EgnachCanton range ThurgauSwitzerland median
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Gross incomeEgnachThurgauSwitzerland median
40'0006.2%5–6.8%5.4%
50'0008%6.4–8.8%7.8%
60'0009.7%7.7–10.6%10.5%
70'00010.9%8.8–11.9%11.9%
80'00011.8%9.5–12.9%13.1%
90'00012.5%10.1–13.6%14.1%
100'00013.4%10.9–14.5%15.3%
110'00014.2%11.6–15.4%16.3%
120'00014.9%12.2–16.1%17.2%
130'00015.6%12.8–16.8%18.1%
140'00016.2%13.4–17.5%19%
150'00016.8%13.9–18.1%19.7%
175'00018.2%15.1–19.5%21.6%
200'00019.5%16.3–20.9%23.2%
225'00020.6%17.4–22.1%24.6%
250'00021.7%18.3–23.2%25.8%
275'00022.5%19.1–24%26.8%
300'00023.2%19.7–24.8%27.4%
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020
Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'010 mm
10 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m
Highest point
546 m
Mean elevation
438 m
Relief
151 m
Mean slope
2.3°
Flat share
91.8%
South-facing
1.1%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 151 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
72.2 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
91.8 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
16'000
Per inhabitant
13'721 kWh/yr
72 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 range H4
29.59–30.9 Rp./kWh
30.24 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.29 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operators Genossenschaft Elektra Neukirch-Egnach · Elektra Steinebrunn

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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
Standard 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 · ARE
Vacancy rate
0.83 %
Second homes
11.6 %
Avg. rooms
4.3
Dwellings
2'422
Built before 194630.2%
Built since 200131.8%
0.83 %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
2'025
Workplaces
408
Services share
54 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 404 (20.0%) · Secondary 528 (26.1%) · Tertiary 1'093 (54.0%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025
Farms
96
Organic share
14.6 %
Farmland
1'395 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM
Major centrePT 96 min · Car 81 min
AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 14 min
Remoteness 29/80 in canton
National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0
BFS municipality number4411
DistrictBezirk Arbon
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities5'259 #12 TG · #404 CHGrowing municipalities1.5% #30 TG · #518 CHShrinking municipalities1.5% #50 TG · #1591 CHJobs per resident0.39 #38 TG · #894 CHFamilies & children21.5% #30 TG · #664 CHAge structure19% #46 TG · #1441 CHWomen share49.8% #24 TG · #1087 CHForeign residents16.5% #57 TG · #1165 CHPopulation density285/km² #39 TG · #806 CHTax burden13'390 #51 TG · #659 CHTaxes150% #54 TGWarmest municipalities10 °C #5 TG · #535 CHSunniest municipalities39.8% #26 TG · #1978 CHRainiest municipalities1'010 mm #17 TG · #1581 CHVoter turnout60.9% #19 TG · #509 CHAgainst Switzerland18.6% #41 TG · #624 CHAligned with Switzerland81.4% #27 TG · #835 CHSVP strongholds44.4% #38 TG · #433 CHSP strongholds8.3% #34 TG · #1679 CHCentre strongholds16.5% #20 TG · #731 CHFDP strongholds9.4% #39 TG · #1468 CHGLP strongholds6.2% #35 TG · #938 CHGreen strongholds7.2% #53 TG · #1057 CHLargest by area18.4 km² #8 TG · #524 CHHighest municipalities442 m #52 TG · #1602 CHSecond homes11.6% #22 TG · #963 CHOrganic farming14.6% #40 TG · #890 CHBest-connected municipalities96 min #50 TG · #1659 CHRemotest municipalities96 min #29 TG · #454 CHHighest peaks546 m #60 TG · #1731 CHHighest-lying municipalities438 m #67 TG · #1809 CHGreatest vertical range151 m #51 TG · #1588 CHSteepest municipalities2.3° #67 TG · #1978 CHSolar potential72 GWh #8 TG · #172 CHSolar potential per capita13'721 kWh #25 TG · #558 CHCheapest electricity30.24 Rp./kWh #45 TG · #1815 CHMost expensive electricity30.24 Rp./kWh #35 TG · #292 CH

Localities

swisstopo · 4
What is the postal code of Egnach?
Egnach has 3 postal codes: 9314, 9315, 9322.
What is the tax rate in Egnach?
The municipal tax multiplier of Egnach is 150% (2026); canton TG levies 109%.
How much tax do you pay in Egnach?
A single person without children pays about 13'390 CHF income tax in Egnach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 50 of 80 in canton TG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Egnach have?
Egnach has 5'259 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Egnach?
Egnach has 867 foreign residents, a share of 16.49% (2025).

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