Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
523 52.1%
Men
481 47.9%
Children & youth (0–19)
210 20.9%
Swiss citizens
820 81.7%
Foreign residents
184 18.3%
Population density
225 pop./km²
0–19 · 210 · 20.9%20–64 · 531 · 52.9%65+ · 263 · 26.2%
Foreign residents 18.3%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: −1 (−0.1%) · 7 births · 6 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
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 Bezirk Arbon: 25.8% Yes
26.9% YesNo 73.1%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 36.9% Yes
36.4% YesNo 63.6%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 60.1% Yes
60.1% YesNo 39.9%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 55.5% Yes
54.8% YesNo 45.2%
14.06.2026Änderung der Kantonsverfassung zur Anpassung der FinanzkompetenzenCantonal TG● Accepted · 57.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 57.0% Yes
59.9% YesNo 40.2%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 40.4% Yes
33.8% YesNo 66.2%
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 Bezirk Arbon: 21.1% Yes
22.8% YesNo 77.2%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 45.7% Yes
41.7% YesNo 58.3%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 42.0% Yes
40.1% YesNo 59.9%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 71.0% Yes
75.4% YesNo 24.6%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP37.8% · strongest party
SVP37.8%
GRÜNE13.5%
Mitte13.3%
FDP11.9%
SP7.1%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier129%
Cantonal tax multiplier109%
129%TG range 94%175%
Tax rank 12 of 80 in canton ThurgauTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
12'442 CHF(12.4%)
Rank 11 of 80 in the canton · 385 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 13'209 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Warth-Weiningen 10'862 CHF · most expensive Arbon 14'518 CHF
100'000 CHF:12'442 CHF(~12.4%)
KesswilCanton range ThurgauSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Kesswil | Thurgau | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 5.8% | 5–6.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 7.4% | 6.4–8.8% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 9% | 7.7–10.6% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 10.1% | 8.8–11.9% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 11% | 9.5–12.9% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 11.6% | 10.1–13.6% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 12.4% | 10.9–14.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 13.2% | 11.6–15.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 13.9% | 12.2–16.1% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 14.5% | 12.8–16.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 15.1% | 13.4–17.5% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 15.7% | 13.9–18.1% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 17% | 15.1–19.5% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 18.3% | 16.3–20.9% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 19.4% | 17.4–22.1% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 20.4% | 18.3–23.2% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 21.2% | 19.1–24% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 21.9% | 19.7–24.8% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020940 mm
10 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
475 m
Mean elevation
441 m
Relief
80 m
Mean slope
2.1°
Flat share
96.8%
South-facing
0.0%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 80 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
16.9 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
20.6 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
3'800
Per inhabitant
16'843 kWh/yr
17 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
30.15 Rp./kWh
Energy
11.1 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
14.02 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.5 Rp./kWh
30.15 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.29 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Elektra Kesswil
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 300544 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Thurgau382 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 Thurgau (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
1.54 %
Second homes
14.4 %
Avg. rooms
4.4
Dwellings
521
Built before 194633.6%
Built since 200116.3%
1.54 %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
415
Workplaces
97
Services share
44.6 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 51 (12.3%) · Secondary 179 (43.1%) · Tertiary 185 (44.6%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
13
Organic share
7.7 %
Farmland
339 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 · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities1'004 #70 TG · #1457 CHGrowing municipalities-0.1% #68 TG · #1485 CHShrinking municipalities-0.1% #13 TG · #632 CHJobs per resident0.41 #28 TG · #811 CHFamilies & children20.9% #41 TG · #855 CHAge structure26.2% #4 TG · #290 CHWomen share52.1% #1 TG · #126 CHForeign residents18.3% #49 TG · #1008 CHPopulation density225/km² #44 TG · #962 CHTax burden12'442 #13 TG · #387 CHTaxes129% #12 TGWarmest municipalities10 °C #6 TG · #536 CHSunniest municipalities38.8% #77 TG · #2098 CHRainiest municipalities940 mm #51 TG · #1841 CHVoter turnout67.6% #3 TG · #115 CHAgainst Switzerland18.6% #42 TG · #625 CHAligned with Switzerland81.4% #28 TG · #836 CHSVP strongholds37.8% #61 TG · #787 CHSP strongholds7.1% #50 TG · #1783 CHCentre strongholds13.3% #52 TG · #939 CHFDP strongholds11.9% #18 TG · #1162 CHGLP strongholds4.6% #61 TG · #1290 CHGreen strongholds13.5% #3 TG · #218 CHLargest by area4.5 km² #69 TG · #1632 CHHighest municipalities448 m #48 TG · #1553 CHSecond homes14.4% #7 TG · #634 CHOrganic farming7.7% #68 TG · #1389 CHBest-connected municipalities103 min #68 TG · #1750 CHRemotest municipalities103 min #10 TG · #360 CHHighest peaks475 m #72 TG · #1964 CHHighest-lying municipalities441 m #65 TG · #1790 CHGreatest vertical range80 m #71 TG · #1934 CHSteepest municipalities2.1° #71 TG · #1993 CHSolar potential17 GWh #62 TG · #1152 CHSolar potential per capita16'843 kWh #8 TG · #308 CHCheapest electricity30.15 Rp./kWh #44 TG · #1807 CHMost expensive electricity30.15 Rp./kWh #36 TG · #300 CH
Postal codes (1)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 1Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Kesswil?
- The postal code of Kesswil is 8593.
- What is the tax rate in Kesswil?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Kesswil is 129% (2026); canton TG levies 109%.
- How much tax do you pay in Kesswil?
- A single person without children pays about 12'442 CHF income tax in Kesswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 11 of 80 in canton TG. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Kesswil have?
- Kesswil has 1'004 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Kesswil?
- Kesswil has 184 foreign residents, a share of 18.33% (2025).
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