What is the postal code of Grub?

Grub has 2 postal codes: 9035, 9038.

What is the tax rate in Grub?

The municipal tax multiplier of Grub is 400% (2026); canton AR levies 330%.

How much tax do you pay in Grub?

A single person without children pays about 14'202 CHF income tax in Grub on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 12 of 20 in canton AR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many foreign residents live in Grub?

Grub has 161 foreign residents, a share of 16.33% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton AR · Bezirk Vorderland

Grub

9035–9038

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

488 49.5%

Men

498 50.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

188 19.1%

Swiss citizens

825 83.7%

Foreign residents

161 16.3%

Population density

234 pop./km²

0–19 · 188 · 19.1%20–64 · 555 · 56.3%65+ · 243 · 24.6%

Foreign residents 16.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +0 (+0%) · 7 births · 10 deaths · net migration −1

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 Grub

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 Vorderland: 28.7% Yes

28.5% YesNo 71.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Vorderland: 36.9% Yes

39.5% YesNo 60.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Vorderland: 56.4% Yes

58.7% YesNo 41.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Vorderland: 54.7% Yes

58.4% YesNo 41.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Vorderland: 42.7% Yes

37.3% YesNo 62.7%

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 Vorderland: 24.1% Yes

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Vorderland: 45.2% Yes

41.2% YesNo 58.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Vorderland: 46.1% Yes

45.8% YesNo 54.2%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Vorderland: 69.5% Yes

71.7% YesNo 28.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Vorderland: 52.8% Yes

51.0% YesNo 49.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP53.2% · strongest party

SVP53.2%

FDP26.3%

Mitte20.2%

Übrige0.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier400%

Cantonal tax multiplier330%

400%AR range 260%450%

Tax rank 13 of 20 in canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'202 CHF(14.2%)

Rank 12 of 20 in the canton · 863 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'030 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Teufen 11'804 CHF · most expensive Trogen 15'058 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'202 CHF(~14.2%)

GrubCanton range Appenzell AusserrhodenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Grub	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Switzerland median
40'000	7.5%	6.1–8%	5.4%
50'000	9%	7.3–9.5%	7.8%
60'000	10.3%	8.5–11%	10.5%
70'000	11.5%	9.4–12.2%	11.9%
80'000	12.4%	10.3–13.2%	13.1%
90'000	13.2%	10.9–14.1%	14.1%
100'000	14.2%	11.8–15.1%	15.3%
110'000	15.1%	12.6–16%	16.3%
120'000	15.8%	13.3–16.8%	17.2%
130'000	16.5%	13.8–17.4%	18.1%
140'000	17.2%	14.5–18.1%	19%
150'000	17.8%	15–18.8%	19.7%
175'000	19.3%	16.4–20.3%	21.6%
200'000	20.5%	17.5–21.6%	23.2%
225'000	21.6%	18.6–22.7%	24.6%
250'000	22.6%	19.5–23.7%	25.8%
275'000	23.4%	20.2–24.5%	26.8%
300'000	24%	20.8–25.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)7.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'222 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'113 m

Mean elevation

904 m

Relief

400 m

Mean slope

13.7°

Flat share

4.5%

South-facing

8.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 400 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

8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

11.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'800

Per inhabitant

8'083 kWh/yr

8 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

30.61 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.79 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.28 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

30.61 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.11 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

Standard model, deductible 300540 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden370 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Grub →Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden →Premiums explained →

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

0.42 %

Second homes

16.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.5

Dwellings

480

Built before 194641.5%

Built since 200110.4%

0.42 %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

280

Workplaces

Services share

70 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 48 (17.1%) · Secondary 36 (12.9%) · Tertiary 196 (70.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.7 %

Farmland

232 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 123 min · Car 78 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 8/20 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3031

Websitegrub.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Vorderland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Grub ranks

Largest municipalities986 #16 AR · #1462 CH Growing municipalities0% #16 AR · #1415 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #5 AR · #689 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #19 AR · #1386 CH Families & children19.1% #16 AR · #1425 CH Age structure24.6% #3 AR · #447 CH Women share49.5% #10 AR · #1273 CH Foreign residents16.3% #8 AR · #1176 CH Population density234/km² #11 AR · #933 CH Tax burden14'202 #12 AR · #863 CH Taxes400% #13 AR Warmest municipalities10 °C #5 AR · #511 CH Sunniest municipalities40.3% #14 AR · #1687 CH Rainiest municipalities1'222 mm #15 AR · #650 CH Voter turnout59.1% #9 AR · #693 CH SVP strongholds53.2% #8 AR · #158 CH Centre strongholds20.2% #2 AR · #512 CH FDP strongholds26.3% #15 AR · #181 CH Largest by area4.2 km² #19 AR · #1680 CH Highest municipalities986 m #1 AR · #272 CH Second homes16.3% #8 AR · #496 CH Organic farming6.7% #17 AR · #1440 CH Best-connected municipalities123 min #12 AR · #1942 CH Remotest municipalities123 min #8 AR · #162 CH Highest peaks1'113 m #9 AR · #661 CH Highest-lying municipalities904 m #9 AR · #505 CH Greatest vertical range400 m #14 AR · #816 CH Steepest municipalities13.7° #12 AR · #642 CH Solar potential8 GWh #18 AR · #1696 CH Solar potential per capita8'083 kWh #12 AR · #1449 CH Cheapest electricity30.61 Rp./kWh #18 AR · #1852 CH Most expensive electricity30.61 Rp./kWh #3 AR · #255 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Grub AR9035 Rehetobel9038

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Grub?: Grub has 2 postal codes: 9035, 9038.
What is the tax rate in Grub?: The municipal tax multiplier of Grub is 400% (2026); canton AR levies 330%.
How much tax do you pay in Grub?: A single person without children pays about 14'202 CHF income tax in Grub on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 12 of 20 in canton AR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Grub have?: Grub has 986 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Grub?: Grub has 161 foreign residents, a share of 16.33% (2025).

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