What is the postal code of Gommiswald?

Gommiswald has 6 postal codes: 8725, 8726, 8730, 8737, 8738, 8739.

What is the tax rate in Gommiswald?

The municipal tax multiplier of Gommiswald is 103% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Gommiswald?

A single person without children pays about 13'204 CHF income tax in Gommiswald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 21 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Gommiswald have?

Gommiswald has 5'838 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Gommiswald?

Gommiswald has 959 foreign residents, a share of 16.43% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis See-Gaster

Gommiswald

8725–8739

SG CANTON8725 8726 8730 8737+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'880 49.3%

Men

2'958 50.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'169 20.0%

Swiss citizens

4'879 83.6%

Foreign residents

959 16.4%

Population density

174 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'169 · 20.0%20–64 · 3'451 · 59.1%65+ · 1'218 · 20.9%

Foreign residents 16.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +120 (+2.1%) · 52 births · 32 deaths · net migration +105

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 Gommiswald

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 Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 24.2% Yes

20.4% YesNo 79.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 36.7% Yes

46.5% YesNo 53.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 59.1% Yes

64.8% YesNo 35.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 56.1% Yes

65.2% YesNo 34.8%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 56.4% Yes

49.7% YesNo 50.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 45.1% Yes

38.9% YesNo 61.2%

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 Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 22.3% Yes

14.6% YesNo 85.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 43.3% Yes

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 40.8% Yes

47.1% YesNo 52.9%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 73.1% Yes

68.6% YesNo 31.4%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP44.8% · strongest party

SVP44.8%

Mitte21.0%

FDP11.7%

SP6.6%

GLP5.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier103%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

103%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 21 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'204 CHF(13.2%)

Rank 21 of 75 in the canton · 579 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 13'868 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Balgach 10'881 CHF · most expensive Lütisburg 16'080 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'204 CHF(~13.2%)

GommiswaldCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Gommiswald	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	5.9%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.1%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.2%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.3%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	12.2%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.2%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	14.1%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	14.8%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	15.5%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	16.2%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	16.8%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	18.2%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	19.4%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.5%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	21.4%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	22.2%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	22.8%	19.7–26.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20207.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'908 mm

7.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'434 m

Mean elevation

876 m

Relief

936 m

Mean slope

14°

Flat share

11.2%

South-facing

37.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 936 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

51.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

73.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'400

Per inhabitant

8'768 kWh/yr

51 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

29.71 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.79 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.28 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.9 Rp./kWh

29.71 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 30.11 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator St. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke AG

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

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300538 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton St. Gallen377 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Gommiswald →Canton St. Gallen →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton St. Gallen. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton St. Gallen (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

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

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

2.46 %

Second homes

13.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

2'885

Built before 194616.7%

Built since 200125.7%

2.46 %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

1'472

Workplaces

411

Services share

56.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 210 (14.3%) · Secondary 431 (29.3%) · Tertiary 831 (56.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

8.9 %

Farmland

1'543 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 83 min · Car 53 min

AgglomerationPT 15 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 63/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3341

Head of governmentPeter Hüppi · Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz

Websitegommiswald.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis See-Gaster

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Gommiswald ranks

Largest municipalities5'838 #32 SG · #357 CH Growing municipalities2.1% #3 SG · #321 CH Shrinking municipalities2.1% #73 SG · #1789 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #72 SG · #1530 CH Families & children20% #54 SG · #1149 CH Age structure20.9% #28 SG · #1062 CH Women share49.3% #44 SG · #1385 CH Foreign residents16.4% #52 SG · #1169 CH Population density174/km² #52 SG · #1112 CH Tax burden13'204 #21 SG · #579 CH Taxes103% #21 SG Warmest municipalities7.5 °C #64 SG · #1790 CH Sunniest municipalities44.1% #22 SG · #817 CH Rainiest municipalities1'908 mm #11 SG · #38 CH Voter turnout59.5% #16 SG · #646 CH Against Switzerland27.5% #17 SG · #131 CH Aligned with Switzerland72.5% #61 SG · #1326 CH SVP strongholds44.8% #12 SG · #418 CH SP strongholds6.6% #61 SG · #1823 CH Centre strongholds21% #35 SG · #481 CH FDP strongholds11.7% #61 SG · #1186 CH GLP strongholds5.4% #28 SG · #1111 CH Green strongholds5.4% #56 SG · #1472 CH Largest by area33.6 km² #22 SG · #272 CH Highest municipalities1'074 m #5 SG · #217 CH Second homes13.3% #19 SG · #744 CH Organic farming8.9% #47 SG · #1316 CH Best-connected municipalities83 min #13 SG · #1416 CH Remotest municipalities83 min #63 SG · #701 CH Highest peaks1'434 m #22 SG · #485 CH Highest-lying municipalities876 m #15 SG · #527 CH Greatest vertical range936 m #23 SG · #457 CH Steepest municipalities14° #27 SG · #623 CH Solar potential51 GWh #31 SG · #314 CH Solar potential per capita8'768 kWh #35 SG · #1304 CH Cheapest electricity29.71 Rp./kWh #31 SG · #1725 CH Most expensive electricity29.71 Rp./kWh #47 SG · #385 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 7

Ernetschwil8725 Gebertingen8725 Gommiswald8737 Ricken SG8726 Rieden SG8739 Uetliburg SG8738 Uznach8730

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Gommiswald?: Gommiswald has 6 postal codes: 8725, 8726, 8730, 8737, 8738, 8739.
What is the tax rate in Gommiswald?: The municipal tax multiplier of Gommiswald is 103% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Gommiswald?: A single person without children pays about 13'204 CHF income tax in Gommiswald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 21 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Gommiswald have?: Gommiswald has 5'838 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Gommiswald?: Gommiswald has 959 foreign residents, a share of 16.43% (2025).

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