Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
1'887 50.6%
Men
1'839 49.4%
Children & youth (0–19)
707 19.0%
Swiss citizens
2'193 58.9%
Foreign residents
1'533 41.1%
Population density
684 pop./km²
0–19 · 707 · 19.0%20–64 · 2'235 · 60.0%65+ · 784 · 21.0%
Foreign residents 41.1%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +3 (+0.1%) · 32 births · 25 deaths · net migration +14
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 Kreuzlingen: 27.4% Yes
30.2% YesNo 69.9%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 33.5% Yes
32.9% YesNo 67.1%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 56.4% Yes
52.7% YesNo 47.3%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 48.8% Yes
50.6% YesNo 49.4%
14.06.2026Änderung der Kantonsverfassung zur Anpassung der FinanzkompetenzenCantonal TG● Accepted · 57.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 58.8% Yes
58.3% YesNo 41.7%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 43.1% Yes
39.8% YesNo 60.2%
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 Kreuzlingen: 23.7% Yes
25.4% YesNo 74.6%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 43.4% Yes
39.9% YesNo 60.1%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 39.6% Yes
38.8% YesNo 61.2%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 71.5% Yes
70.5% YesNo 29.5%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP34.6% · strongest party
SVP34.6%
Mitte15.5%
SP13.5%
FDP11.6%
GRÜNE11.1%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier127%
Cantonal tax multiplier109%
127%TG range 94%175%
Tax rank 10 of 80 in canton ThurgauTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
12'352 CHF(12.4%)
Rank 10 of 80 in the canton · 361 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:12'352 CHF(~12.4%)
MünsterlingenCanton range ThurgauSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Münsterlingen | Thurgau | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 5.7% | 5–6.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 7.4% | 6.4–8.8% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 8.9% | 7.7–10.6% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 10% | 8.8–11.9% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 10.9% | 9.5–12.9% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 11.5% | 10.1–13.6% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 12.4% | 10.9–14.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 13.1% | 11.6–15.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 13.8% | 12.2–16.1% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 14.4% | 12.8–16.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 15% | 13.4–17.5% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 15.6% | 13.9–18.1% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 16.9% | 15.1–19.5% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 18.2% | 16.3–20.9% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 19.3% | 17.4–22.1% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 20.3% | 18.3–23.2% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 21.1% | 19.1–24% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 21.8% | 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 1991–2020906 mm
10 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
506 m
Mean elevation
435 m
Relief
111 m
Mean slope
3.8°
Flat share
80.1%
South-facing
1.1%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 111 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
23.8 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
32 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
5'300
Per inhabitant
6'377 kWh/yr
24 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
26.54 Rp./kWh
Energy
11 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
11.24 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.7 Rp./kWh
26.54 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.29 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Polit. Gemeinde Münsterlingen, Elektra
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
1.56 %
Second homes
16.9 %
Avg. rooms
3.7
Dwellings
1'920
Built before 194613.1%
Built since 200131.4%
1.56 %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
3'641
Workplaces
222
Services share
97.7 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 38 (1.0%) · Secondary 46 (1.3%) · Tertiary 3'557 (97.7%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
8
Organic share
37.5 %
Farmland
172 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 municipalities3'726 #24 TG · #605 CHGrowing municipalities0.1% #64 TG · #1367 CHShrinking municipalities0.1% #18 TG · #747 CHJobs per resident0.98 #2 TG · #92 CHFamilies & children19% #68 TG · #1444 CHAge structure21% #21 TG · #1048 CHWomen share50.6% #6 TG · #591 CHForeign residents41.1% #3 TG · #65 CHPopulation density684/km² #14 TG · #369 CHTax burden12'352 #10 TG · #361 CHTaxes127% #10 TGWarmest municipalities10 °C #18 TG · #548 CHSunniest municipalities38.9% #74 TG · #2093 CHRainiest municipalities906 mm #66 TG · #1934 CHVoter turnout57.8% #33 TG · #847 CHAgainst Switzerland9.8% #63 TG · #1249 CHAligned with Switzerland90.2% #8 TG · #260 CHSVP strongholds34.6% #73 TG · #1000 CHSP strongholds13.5% #8 TG · #1115 CHCentre strongholds15.5% #31 TG · #802 CHFDP strongholds11.6% #19 TG · #1203 CHGLP strongholds6.3% #34 TG · #914 CHGreen strongholds11.1% #7 TG · #439 CHLargest by area5.5 km² #67 TG · #1478 CHHighest municipalities436 m #58 TG · #1654 CHSecond homes16.9% #3 TG · #447 CHOrganic farming37.5% #3 TG · #222 CHBest-connected municipalities104 min #73 TG · #1770 CHRemotest municipalities104 min #9 TG · #345 CHHighest peaks506 m #68 TG · #1855 CHHighest-lying municipalities435 m #70 TG · #1822 CHGreatest vertical range111 m #64 TG · #1779 CHSteepest municipalities3.8° #51 TG · #1784 CHSolar potential24 GWh #46 TG · #886 CHSolar potential per capita6'377 kWh #74 TG · #1779 CHCheapest electricity26.54 Rp./kWh #11 TG · #1032 CHMost expensive electricity26.54 Rp./kWh #69 TG · #1075 CH
Postal codes (2)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 3Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Münsterlingen?
- Münsterlingen has 2 postal codes: 8596, 8597.
- What is the tax rate in Münsterlingen?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Münsterlingen is 127% (2026); canton TG levies 109%.
- How much tax do you pay in Münsterlingen?
- A single person without children pays about 12'352 CHF income tax in Münsterlingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 80 in canton TG. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Münsterlingen have?
- Münsterlingen has 3'726 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Münsterlingen?
- Münsterlingen has 1'533 foreign residents, a share of 41.14% (2025).
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