What is the postal code of Kernenried?

The postal code of Kernenried is 3309.

What is the tax rate in Kernenried?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kernenried is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Kernenried?

A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Kernenried on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kernenried have?

Kernenried has 516 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kernenried?

Kernenried has 30 foreign residents, a share of 5.81% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Kernenried

3309

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

256 49.6%

Men

260 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

108 20.9%

Swiss citizens

486 94.2%

Foreign residents

30 5.8%

Population density

155 pop./km²

0–19 · 108 · 20.9%20–64 · 289 · 56.0%65+ · 119 · 23.1%

Foreign residents 5.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −18 (−3.4%) · 3 births · 3 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

Vote results for Kernenried

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

17.1% YesNo 82.9%

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

35.7% YesNo 64.3%

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

25.9% YesNo 74.1%

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

70.3% YesNo 29.7%

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

61.9% YesNo 38.1%

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

33.3% YesNo 66.7%

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

53.6% YesNo 46.5%

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

19.7% YesNo 80.3%

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

48.6% YesNo 51.4%

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

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP44.4% · strongest party

SVP44.4%

Mitte15.1%

SP11.1%

FDP8.7%

GRÜNE7.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier150%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

150%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 43 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'236 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 36 of 334 in the canton · 1407 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:16'236 CHF(~16.2%)

KernenriedCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kernenried	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.2%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.9%	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 1991–20201'036 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

527 m

Mean elevation

509 m

Relief

30 m

Mean slope

1.7°

Flat share

95.8%

South-facing

0.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 30 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

7.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

9.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'700

Per inhabitant

14'535 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

28.93 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.6 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.32 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.15 Rp./kWh

28.93 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Genossenschaft Elektra, Jegenstorf

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 Kernenried →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

6.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

240

Built before 194641.7%

Built since 200113.3%

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

144

Workplaces

Services share

52.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 37 (25.7%) · Secondary 31 (21.5%) · Tertiary 76 (52.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

226 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 47 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 261/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number411

Websitekernenried.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Kernenried ranks

Largest municipalities516 #264 BE · #1789 CH Growing municipalities-3.4% #323 BE · #2067 CH Shrinking municipalities-3.4% #12 BE · #42 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #225 BE · #1364 CH Families & children20.9% #90 BE · #837 CH Age structure23.1% #177 BE · #643 CH Women share49.6% #225 BE · #1174 CH Foreign residents5.8% #250 BE · #1977 CH Population density155/km² #152 BE · #1200 CH Tax burden16'236 #38 BE · #1409 CH Taxes150% #43 BE Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #99 BE · #1117 CH Sunniest municipalities41.4% #199 BE · #1240 CH Rainiest municipalities1'036 mm #284 BE · #1456 CH Voter turnout53% #193 BE · #1468 CH SVP strongholds44.4% #150 BE · #429 CH SP strongholds11.1% #213 BE · #1398 CH Centre strongholds15.1% #10 BE · #819 CH FDP strongholds8.7% #69 BE · #1526 CH GLP strongholds6.6% #194 BE · #833 CH Green strongholds7.5% #133 BE · #970 CH Largest by area3.3 km² #290 BE · #1820 CH Highest municipalities515 m #242 BE · #1143 CH Second homes6.7% #316 BE · #1879 CH Organic farming0% #272 BE · #1642 CH Best-connected municipalities47 min #72 BE · #382 CH Remotest municipalities47 min #261 BE · #1717 CH Highest peaks527 m #297 BE · #1791 CH Highest-lying municipalities509 m #252 BE · #1390 CH Greatest vertical range30 m #325 BE · #2080 CH Steepest municipalities1.7° #321 BE · #2026 CH Solar potential8 GWh #254 BE · #1724 CH Solar potential per capita14'535 kWh #107 BE · #467 CH Cheapest electricity28.93 Rp./kWh #261 BE · #1610 CH Most expensive electricity28.93 Rp./kWh #71 BE · #494 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3309

Kernenried

Localities

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Kernenried3309

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kernenried?: The postal code of Kernenried is 3309.
What is the tax rate in Kernenried?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kernenried is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Kernenried?: A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Kernenried on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kernenried have?: Kernenried has 516 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kernenried?: Kernenried has 30 foreign residents, a share of 5.81% (2025).

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