What is the postal code of Höchstetten?

The postal code of Höchstetten is 3429.

What is the tax rate in Höchstetten?

The municipal tax multiplier of Höchstetten is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Höchstetten?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Höchstetten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Höchstetten have?

Höchstetten has 258 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Höchstetten?

Höchstetten has 20 foreign residents, a share of 7.75% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Höchstetten

3429

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

131 50.8%

Men

127 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

48 18.6%

Swiss citizens

238 92.3%

Foreign residents

20 7.8%

Population density

98 pop./km²

0–19 · 48 · 18.6%20–64 · 163 · 63.2%65+ · 47 · 18.2%

Foreign residents 7.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +5 (+2%) · 4 births · 7 deaths · net migration +9

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 Höchstetten

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 Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 21.9% Yes

12.2% YesNo 87.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

47.2% YesNo 52.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

19.6% YesNo 80.4%

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

68.8% YesNo 31.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

79.6% YesNo 20.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

27.8% YesNo 72.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

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 Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 23.2% Yes

12.2% YesNo 87.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP62.6% · strongest party

SVP62.6%

SP12.4%

Mitte8.9%

FDP5.0%

GLP3.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 172 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 17'048 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee 14'255 CHF · most expensive Schelten 18'510 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:17'048 CHF(~17%)

HöchstettenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Höchstetten	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	25.1–31.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'054 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

565 m

Mean elevation

486 m

Relief

106 m

Mean slope

3.6°

Flat share

77.5%

South-facing

2.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 106 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

4.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'100

Per inhabitant

18'450 kWh/yr

5 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

24.09 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

24.09 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator BKW Energie 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 300612 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Höchstetten →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Bern. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Bern (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

7.09 %

Second homes

13.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

127

Built before 194648.0%

Built since 200114.2%

7.09 %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

Workplaces

Services share

46.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 35 (36.8%) · Secondary 16 (16.8%) · Tertiary 44 (46.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

8.3 %

Farmland

243 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 86 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 52 min · Car 13 min

Remoteness 62/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number410

Websitehoechstetten.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Höchstetten ranks

Largest municipalities258 #304 BE · #1981 CH Growing municipalities2% #40 BE · #357 CH Shrinking municipalities2% #295 BE · #1751 CH Jobs per resident0.37 #152 BE · #946 CH Families & children18.6% #228 BE · #1544 CH Age structure18.2% #320 BE · #1604 CH Women share50.8% #104 BE · #489 CH Foreign residents7.8% #211 BE · #1879 CH Population density98/km² #206 BE · #1483 CH Tax burden17'048 #176 BE · #1872 CH Taxes175% #172 BE Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #98 BE · #1116 CH Sunniest municipalities40.4% #287 BE · #1633 CH Rainiest municipalities1'054 mm #254 BE · #1356 CH Voter turnout53.5% #185 BE · #1416 CH SVP strongholds62.6% #25 BE · #36 CH SP strongholds12.4% #184 BE · #1233 CH Centre strongholds8.9% #127 BE · #1314 CH FDP strongholds5% #200 BE · #1853 CH GLP strongholds3.8% #275 BE · #1438 CH Green strongholds3.1% #299 BE · #1861 CH Largest by area2.6 km² #306 BE · #1930 CH Highest municipalities480 m #271 BE · #1314 CH Second homes13.7% #125 BE · #696 CH Organic farming8.3% #211 BE · #1333 CH Best-connected municipalities86 min #270 BE · #1469 CH Remotest municipalities86 min #62 BE · #620 CH Highest peaks565 m #276 BE · #1664 CH Highest-lying municipalities486 m #268 BE · #1499 CH Greatest vertical range106 m #274 BE · #1800 CH Steepest municipalities3.6° #280 BE · #1817 CH Solar potential5 GWh #290 BE · #1938 CH Solar potential per capita18'450 kWh #44 BE · #236 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #3 BE · #230 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #312 BE · #1858 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3429

Höchstetten

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Höchstetten3429

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Höchstetten?: The postal code of Höchstetten is 3429.
What is the tax rate in Höchstetten?: The municipal tax multiplier of Höchstetten is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Höchstetten?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Höchstetten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Höchstetten have?: Höchstetten has 258 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Höchstetten?: Höchstetten has 20 foreign residents, a share of 7.75% (2025).

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