What is the postal code of Genthod?

The postal code of Genthod is 1294.

What is the tax rate in Genthod?

The municipal tax multiplier of Genthod is 25% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Genthod?

A single person without children pays about 13'885 CHF income tax in Genthod on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Genthod have?

Genthod has 2'814 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Genthod?

Genthod has 962 foreign residents, a share of 34.19% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GE

Genthod

1294

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'470 52.2%

Men

1'344 47.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

629 22.4%

Swiss citizens

1'852 65.8%

Foreign residents

962 34.2%

Population density

531 pop./km²

0–19 · 629 · 22.4%20–64 · 1'614 · 57.4%65+ · 571 · 20.3%

Foreign residents 34.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −47 (−1.6%) · 17 births · 21 deaths · net migration −17

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 Genthod

BFS

30.0% YesNo 70.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes

31.6% YesNo 68.4%

27.09.2026Loi 13579 indemnité à la Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale – GenèveCantonal GE● Rejected · 41.5% Yes

47.8% YesNo 52.2%

27.09.2026Loi 13025 LDTR pour que les locataires puissent devenir, s’ils le souhaitent, propriétaires de leur propre logementCantonal GE● Rejected · 36.5% Yes

43.2% YesNo 56.9%

27.09.2026Loi 13725 crédit de 39 500 000 francs pour la réalisation de projets transfrontaliersCantonal GE● Accepted · 56.8% Yes

55.0% YesNo 45.0%

27.09.2026IN 198 « Pour une contraception gratuite »Cantonal GE● Accepted · 58.5% Yes

52.8% YesNo 47.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

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

35.3% YesNo 64.7%

14.06.2026Loi sur les heures d'ouverture des magasins (LHOM) (Ouverture du dimanche)Cantonal GE● Accepted · 52.8% Yes

59.4% YesNo 40.6%

14.06.2026Loi pour une expression non ostentatoire des convictions religieusesCantonal GE● Accepted · 51.4% Yes

57.0% YesNo 43.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP22.8% · strongest party

FDP22.8%

SVP17.5%

GRÜNE14.5%

SP13.1%

MCR10.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier25%

Cantonal tax multiplier147.5%

25%GE range 25%51%

Tax rank 1 of 45 in canton Geneva

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'885 CHF(13.9%)

Rank 1 of 45 in the canton · 803 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'212 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Cologny 13'885 CHF · most expensive Avully 15'914 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'885 CHF(~13.9%)

GenthodCanton range GenevaSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Genthod	Geneva	Switzerland median
40'000	4.6%	4.6–5.3%	5.4%
50'000	6.8%	6.8–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	8.8%	8.8–10.1%	10.5%
70'000	10.4%	10.4–12%	11.9%
80'000	11.7%	11.7–13.4%	13.1%
90'000	12.7%	12.7–14.6%	14.1%
100'000	13.9%	13.9–15.9%	15.3%
110'000	14.9%	14.9–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	15.8%	15.8–18.1%	17.2%
130'000	16.6%	16.6–18.9%	18.1%
140'000	17.4%	17.4–19.8%	19%
150'000	18.1%	18.1–20.6%	19.7%
175'000	19.8%	19.8–22.4%	21.6%
200'000	21.3%	21.3–24%	23.2%
225'000	22.6%	22.6–25.5%	24.6%
250'000	23.8%	23.8–26.7%	25.8%
275'000	24.8%	24.8–27.8%	26.8%
300'000	25.6%	25.6–28.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020952 mm

11 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

431 m

Mean elevation

391 m

Relief

59 m

Mean slope

1.3°

Flat share

93.9%

South-facing

1.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 59 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

18.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'100

Per inhabitant

6'532 kWh/yr

18 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

24.43 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.33 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.54 Rp./kWh

24.43 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.43 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Services industriels de Genève

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 300752 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Geneva539 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Genthod →Canton Geneva →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Geneva (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

0.94 %

Second homes

12.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.4

Dwellings

1'063

Built before 194621.9%

Built since 200123.8%

0.94 %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

868

Workplaces

124

Services share

50.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 11 (1.3%) · Secondary 418 (48.2%) · Tertiary 439 (50.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

50 %

Farmland

312 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 31 min · Car 19 min

AgglomerationPT 31 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 33/45 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6622

Head of governmentGeneviève Cadei-Millot

Websitegenthod.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Genthod ranks

Largest municipalities2'814 #24 GE · #764 CH Growing municipalities-1.6% #41 GE · #1943 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.6% #5 GE · #167 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #24 GE · #1264 CH Families & children22.4% #28 GE · #466 CH Age structure20.3% #10 GE · #1195 CH Women share52.2% #10 GE · #119 CH Foreign residents34.2% #15 GE · #173 CH Population density531/km² #24 GE · #482 CH Tax burden13'885 #2 GE · #804 CH Taxes25% #1 GE Warmest municipalities11 °C #21 GE · #89 CH Sunniest municipalities47.5% #21 GE · #374 CH Rainiest municipalities952 mm #7 GE · #1813 CH Voter turnout59.6% #17 GE · #641 CH Against Switzerland18.6% #28 GE · #653 CH Aligned with Switzerland81.4% #11 GE · #864 CH SVP strongholds17.5% #19 GE · #1904 CH SP strongholds13.1% #29 GE · #1162 CH Centre strongholds10% #16 GE · #1202 CH FDP strongholds22.8% #13 GE · #318 CH GLP strongholds6.4% #28 GE · #892 CH Green strongholds14.5% #26 GE · #161 CH Largest by area5.3 km² #20 GE · #1516 CH Highest municipalities405 m #38 GE · #1872 CH Second homes12.8% #28 GE · #808 CH Organic farming50% #4 GE · #145 CH Best-connected municipalities31 min #13 GE · #99 CH Remotest municipalities31 min #33 GE · #2025 CH Highest peaks431 m #39 GE · #2062 CH Highest-lying municipalities391 m #41 GE · #2002 CH Greatest vertical range59 m #29 GE · #2009 CH Steepest municipalities1.3° #42 GE · #2060 CH Solar potential18 GWh #27 GE · #1086 CH Solar potential per capita6'532 kWh #25 GE · #1753 CH Cheapest electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #21 GE · #299 CH Most expensive electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #22 GE · #1805 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1294

Genthod

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Genthod1294

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Genthod?: The postal code of Genthod is 1294.
What is the tax rate in Genthod?: The municipal tax multiplier of Genthod is 25% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Genthod?: A single person without children pays about 13'885 CHF income tax in Genthod on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Genthod have?: Genthod has 2'814 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Genthod?: Genthod has 962 foreign residents, a share of 34.19% (2025).

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