What is the postal code of Häggenschwil?

Häggenschwil has 3 postal codes: 9308, 9312, 9315.

What is the tax rate in Häggenschwil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Häggenschwil is 115% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Häggenschwil?

A single person without children pays about 13'868 CHF income tax in Häggenschwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 35 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Häggenschwil have?

Häggenschwil has 1'432 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Häggenschwil?

Häggenschwil has 156 foreign residents, a share of 10.89% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis St. Gallen

Häggenschwil

9308–9315

SG CANTON9308 9312 9315

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

699 48.8%

Men

733 51.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

390 27.2%

Swiss citizens

1'276 89.1%

Foreign residents

156 10.9%

Population density

158 pop./km²

0–19 · 390 · 27.2%20–64 · 815 · 56.9%65+ · 227 · 15.9%

Foreign residents 10.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +6 (+0.4%) · 18 births · 5 deaths · net migration −6

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 Häggenschwil

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 St. Gallen: 28.5% Yes

17.7% YesNo 82.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 26.3% Yes

35.3% YesNo 64.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 53.1% Yes

63.4% YesNo 36.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 40.9% Yes

61.2% YesNo 38.8%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 67.7% Yes

53.3% YesNo 46.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 49.9% Yes

32.6% YesNo 67.4%

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 St. Gallen: 29.0% Yes

14.3% YesNo 85.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 36.7% Yes

39.2% YesNo 60.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 33.0% Yes

38.2% YesNo 61.8%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 76.2% Yes

73.2% YesNo 26.8%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP35.9% · strongest party

SVP35.9%

Mitte29.7%

FDP10.4%

SP7.3%

GLP6.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier115%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

115%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 36 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'868 CHF(13.9%)

Rank 35 of 75 in the canton · 798 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:13'868 CHF(~13.9%)

HäggenschwilCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Häggenschwil	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.2%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	8%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.5%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.7%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.8%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	12.8%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.9%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	14.8%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	15.6%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	16.3%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	17%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	17.6%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	19.1%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	20.3%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.4%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	22.3%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	23.1%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	23.7%	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 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'034 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

609 m

Mean elevation

547 m

Relief

145 m

Mean slope

5.9°

Flat share

55.6%

South-facing

13.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 145 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

20.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

26.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'500

Per inhabitant

14'099 kWh/yr

20 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

31.82 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.19 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.96 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.2 Rp./kWh

31.82 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Politische Gemeinde, Häggenschwil, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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 Häggenschwil →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

1.57 %

Second homes

7.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.6

Dwellings

573

Built before 194626.4%

Built since 200128.4%

1.57 %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

436

Workplaces

112

Services share

41.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 119 (27.3%) · Secondary 138 (31.7%) · Tertiary 179 (41.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10.3 %

Farmland

870 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 115 min · Car 72 min

AgglomerationPT 31 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 19/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3201

Websitehaeggenschwil.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis St. Gallen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Häggenschwil ranks

Largest municipalities1'432 #72 SG · #1202 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #43 SG · #1152 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #32 SG · #956 CH Jobs per resident0.3 #62 SG · #1289 CH Families & children27.2% #1 SG · #17 CH Age structure15.9% #74 SG · #1908 CH Women share48.8% #56 SG · #1598 CH Foreign residents10.9% #66 SG · #1637 CH Population density158/km² #54 SG · #1176 CH Tax burden13'868 #36 SG · #799 CH Taxes115% #36 SG Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #27 SG · #717 CH Sunniest municipalities39.9% #65 SG · #1936 CH Rainiest municipalities1'034 mm #71 SG · #1468 CH Voter turnout67.9% #1 SG · #105 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #32 SG · #413 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #41 SG · #1034 CH SVP strongholds35.9% #48 SG · #907 CH SP strongholds7.3% #54 SG · #1758 CH Centre strongholds29.7% #2 SG · #237 CH FDP strongholds10.4% #71 SG · #1355 CH GLP strongholds6.6% #11 SG · #840 CH Green strongholds4.9% #61 SG · #1561 CH Largest by area9.1 km² #52 SG · #1038 CH Highest municipalities565 m #37 SG · #946 CH Second homes7.5% #70 SG · #1725 CH Organic farming10.3% #40 SG · #1201 CH Best-connected municipalities115 min #54 SG · #1891 CH Remotest municipalities115 min #19 SG · #213 CH Highest peaks609 m #61 SG · #1502 CH Highest-lying municipalities547 m #52 SG · #1226 CH Greatest vertical range145 m #66 SG · #1613 CH Steepest municipalities5.9° #53 SG · #1414 CH Solar potential20 GWh #65 SG · #1010 CH Solar potential per capita14'099 kWh #6 SG · #519 CH Cheapest electricity31.82 Rp./kWh #51 SG · #1989 CH Most expensive electricity31.82 Rp./kWh #24 SG · #118 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Häggenschwil9312 Lömmenschwil9308 Winden9315

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Häggenschwil?: Häggenschwil has 3 postal codes: 9308, 9312, 9315.
What is the tax rate in Häggenschwil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Häggenschwil is 115% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Häggenschwil?: A single person without children pays about 13'868 CHF income tax in Häggenschwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 35 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Häggenschwil have?: Häggenschwil has 1'432 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Häggenschwil?: Häggenschwil has 156 foreign residents, a share of 10.89% (2025).

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