Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
2'969 47.0%
Men
3'347 53.0%
Children & youth (0–19)
958 15.2%
Swiss citizens
4'729 74.9%
Foreign residents
1'587 25.1%
Population density
372 pop./km²
0–19 · 958 · 15.2%20–64 · 3'807 · 60.3%65+ · 1'551 · 24.6%
Foreign residents 25.1%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +20 (+0.3%) · 60 births · 44 deaths · net migration +19
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 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% Yes
16.9% YesNo 83.1%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes
33.5% YesNo 66.5%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes
55.3% YesNo 44.7%
14.06.2026Gegenvorschlag Referendumskomitee - Teilrevision des Gesetzes über die Steuern des Kantons und der Gemeinden (Steuergesetz, StG)Cantonal NW● Rejected · 41.0% Yes
34.3% YesNo 65.7%
14.06.2026Vorlage des Landrates - Teilrevision des Gesetzes über die Steuern des Kantons und der Gemeinden (Steuergesetz, StG)Cantonal NW● Accepted · 69.5% Yes
78.1% YesNo 21.9%
14.06.2026Bewilligung eines Objektkredits für den Ersatzneubau einer Dreifachsporthalle für die kantonale MittelschuleCantonal NW● Accepted · 72.8% Yes
78.7% YesNo 21.3%
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% Yes
13.8% YesNo 86.2%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP46.5% · strongest party
SVP46.5%
Mitte34.9%
FDP18.7%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier120%
Cantonal tax multiplier261%
120%NW range 120%250%
Tax rank 1 of 11 in canton NidwaldenTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
9'105 CHF(9.1%)
Rank 1 of 11 in the canton · 43 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 10'591 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Hergiswil 9'105 CHF · most expensive Wolfenschiessen 11'614 CHF
100'000 CHF:9'105 CHF(~9.1%)
HergiswilCanton range NidwaldenSwitzerland median
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| Gross income | Hergiswil | Nidwalden | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 4.6% | 4.6–6% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 5.7% | 5.7–7.4% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 6.6% | 6.6–8.6% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 7.4% | 7.4–9.6% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 8% | 8–10.3% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 8.4% | 8.4–10.8% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 9.1% | 9.1–11.6% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 9.7% | 9.7–12.3% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 10.2% | 10.2–12.9% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 10.7% | 10.7–13.4% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 11.2% | 11.2–14% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 11.7% | 11.7–14.5% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 12.8% | 12.8–15.8% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 13.9% | 13.9–16.9% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 14.6% | 14.6–17.7% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 15.3% | 15.3–18.4% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 15.9% | 15.9–19% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 16.4% | 16.4–19.5% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.3 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'924 mm
6.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
2'075 m
Mean elevation
958 m
Relief
1'642 m
Mean slope
20.6°
Flat share
19.0%
South-facing
7.5%
Above 2000 m
0.3%
Relief 1'642 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
20.6 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
29.7 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
4'600
Per inhabitant
3'262 kWh/yr
21 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 · 2027Tariff H4
21.96 Rp./kWh
Energy
6.08 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
10.98 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
3.3 Rp./kWh
21.96 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 21.96 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Kantonales Elektrizitätswerk Nidwalden (EWN)
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 · 2024Standard model, deductible 300493 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Nidwalden344 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 Nidwalden (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.
2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026
Housing
BFS · AREVacancy rate
0.83 %
Second homes
10.2 %
Avg. rooms
3.8
Dwellings
3'234
Built before 194613.5%
Built since 200127.0%
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 · 2024Jobs
3'047
Workplaces
800
Services share
84.1 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 57 (1.9%) · Secondary 426 (14.0%) · Tertiary 2'564 (84.1%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
17
Organic share
11.8 %
Farmland
274 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0BFS municipality number1507
Websitehergiswil.ch ↗
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities6'316 #2 NW · #324 CHGrowing municipalities0.3% #7 NW · #1224 CHShrinking municipalities0.3% #5 NW · #885 CHJobs per resident0.48 #2 NW · #577 CHFamilies & children15.2% #11 NW · #1964 CHAge structure24.6% #3 NW · #441 CHWomen share47% #11 NW · #2010 CHForeign residents25.1% #1 NW · #549 CHPopulation density372/km² #3 NW · #653 CHTax burden9'105 #1 NW · #43 CHTaxes120% #1 NWWarmest municipalities6.3 °C #11 NW · #1917 CHSunniest municipalities43% #4 NW · #1003 CHRainiest municipalities1'924 mm #1 NW · #34 CHVoter turnout61.3% #5 NW · #477 CHAgainst Switzerland16.7% #9 NW · #763 CHAligned with Switzerland83.3% #2 NW · #654 CHSVP strongholds46.5% #3 NW · #338 CHCentre strongholds34.9% #10 NW · #179 CHFDP strongholds18.7% #2 NW · #542 CHLargest by area17 km² #6 NW · #564 CHHighest municipalities1'121 m #2 NW · #194 CHSecond homes10.2% #5 NW · #1162 CHOrganic farming11.8% #8 NW · #1094 CHBest-connected municipalities86 min #1 NW · #1479 CHRemotest municipalities86 min #11 NW · #630 CHHighest peaks2'075 m #4 NW · #338 CHHighest-lying municipalities958 m #5 NW · #451 CHGreatest vertical range1'642 m #4 NW · #297 CHSteepest municipalities20.6° #5 NW · #378 CHSolar potential21 GWh #6 NW · #994 CHSolar potential per capita3'262 kWh #11 NW · #2084 CHCheapest electricity21.96 Rp./kWh #6 NW · #40 CHMost expensive electricity21.96 Rp./kWh #7 NW · #2068 CH
Postal codes (3)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 3Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Hergiswil?
- Hergiswil has 3 postal codes: 6010, 6013, 6052.
- What is the tax rate in Hergiswil?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Hergiswil is 120% (2026); canton NW levies 261%.
- How much tax do you pay in Hergiswil?
- A single person without children pays about 9'105 CHF income tax in Hergiswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 11 in canton NW. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Hergiswil have?
- Hergiswil has 6'316 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Hergiswil?
- Hergiswil has 1'587 foreign residents, a share of 25.13% (2025).
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