What is the postal code of Homberg?

The postal code of Homberg is 3622.

What is the tax rate in Homberg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Homberg is 184% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Homberg?

A single person without children pays about 17'340 CHF income tax in Homberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 236 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Homberg have?

Homberg has 499 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Homberg?

Homberg has 21 foreign residents, a share of 4.21% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Homberg

3622

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

248 49.7%

Men

251 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

120 24.0%

Swiss citizens

478 95.8%

Foreign residents

21 4.2%

Population density

77 pop./km²

0–19 · 120 · 24.0%20–64 · 296 · 59.3%65+ · 83 · 16.6%

Foreign residents 4.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −1 (−0.2%) · 3 births · 4 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 Homberg

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 Thun: 27.2% Yes

10.8% YesNo 89.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 31.4% Yes

63.6% YesNo 36.4%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 36.3% Yes

18.7% YesNo 81.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 56.1% Yes

64.2% YesNo 35.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 50.8% Yes

79.7% YesNo 20.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 41.4% Yes

14.9% YesNo 85.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 47.4% Yes

25.1% YesNo 74.9%

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 Thun: 25.2% Yes

9.2% YesNo 90.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.9% Yes

64.4% YesNo 35.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.0% Yes

63.2% YesNo 36.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.1% · strongest party

SVP54.1%

EDU19.6%

Übrige5.9%

Mitte5.5%

GRÜNE4.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier184%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

184%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 243 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'340 CHF(17.3%)

Rank 236 of 334 in the canton · 1963 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:17'340 CHF(~17.3%)

HombergCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Homberg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.3%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.4%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.5%	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 1991–20207.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'264 mm

7.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'210 m

Mean elevation

908 m

Relief

591 m

Mean slope

15.9°

Flat share

7.4%

South-facing

4.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 591 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

7.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

9.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'600

Per inhabitant

14'329 kWh/yr

7 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

25.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

25.59 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 Homberg →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

0 %

Second homes

5.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

235

Built before 194659.6%

Built since 20016.0%

0 %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

163

Workplaces

Services share

37.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 86 (52.8%) · Secondary 16 (9.8%) · Tertiary 61 (37.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10.3 %

Farmland

408 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 61 min · Car 37 min

AgglomerationPT 25 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 185/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number931

Websitehomberg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Homberg ranks

Largest municipalities499 #269 BE · #1808 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #212 BE · #1529 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #123 BE · #579 CH Jobs per resident0.33 #192 BE · #1127 CH Families & children24% #8 BE · #164 CH Age structure16.6% #331 BE · #1824 CH Women share49.7% #222 BE · #1111 CH Foreign residents4.2% #286 BE · #2043 CH Population density77/km² #239 BE · #1604 CH Tax burden17'340 #240 BE · #1967 CH Taxes184% #243 BE Warmest municipalities7.6 °C #279 BE · #1762 CH Sunniest municipalities44.9% #77 BE · #674 CH Rainiest municipalities1'264 mm #96 BE · #551 CH Voter turnout54.1% #172 BE · #1345 CH SVP strongholds54.1% #68 BE · #137 CH SP strongholds3.2% #321 BE · #1999 CH Centre strongholds5.5% #249 BE · #1737 CH FDP strongholds0.6% #325 BE · #2070 CH GLP strongholds4.2% #268 BE · #1357 CH Green strongholds4.4% #269 BE · #1650 CH Largest by area6.5 km² #208 BE · #1331 CH Highest municipalities941 m #49 BE · #303 CH Second homes5.7% #328 BE · #1996 CH Organic farming10.3% #180 BE · #1200 CH Best-connected municipalities61 min #154 BE · #803 CH Remotest municipalities61 min #185 BE · #1285 CH Highest peaks1'210 m #101 BE · #598 CH Highest-lying municipalities908 m #96 BE · #503 CH Greatest vertical range591 m #98 BE · #620 CH Steepest municipalities15.9° #86 BE · #542 CH Solar potential7 GWh #259 BE · #1739 CH Solar potential per capita14'329 kWh #117 BE · #494 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #192 BE · #686 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #279 BE · #1549 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3622

Homberg b. Thun

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Homberg b. Thun3622

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Homberg?: The postal code of Homberg is 3622.
What is the tax rate in Homberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Homberg is 184% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Homberg?: A single person without children pays about 17'340 CHF income tax in Homberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 236 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Homberg have?: Homberg has 499 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Homberg?: Homberg has 21 foreign residents, a share of 4.21% (2025).

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