What is the postal code of Pfeffingen?

Pfeffingen has 2 postal codes: 4147, 4148.

What is the tax rate in Pfeffingen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Pfeffingen is 45% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Pfeffingen?

A single person without children pays about 14'899 CHF income tax in Pfeffingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Pfeffingen have?

Pfeffingen has 2'432 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Pfeffingen?

Pfeffingen has 406 foreign residents, a share of 16.69% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BL · Bezirk Arlesheim

Pfeffingen

4147–4148

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'240 51.0%

Men

1'192 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

496 20.4%

Swiss citizens

2'026 83.3%

Foreign residents

406 16.7%

Population density

497 pop./km²

0–19 · 496 · 20.4%20–64 · 1'304 · 53.6%65+ · 632 · 26.0%

Foreign residents 16.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +19 (+0.8%) · 14 births · 8 deaths · net migration +5

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 Pfeffingen

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 Bezirk Arlesheim: 26.8% Yes

21.7% YesNo 78.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 23.2% Yes

26.2% YesNo 73.8%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: StichfrageCantonal BL● Rejected · 36.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 34.5% Yes

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: GegenvorschlagCantonal BL● Rejected · 43.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 46.0% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der MehrwertabgabeCantonal BL● Rejected · 31.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 30.5% Yes

36.8% YesNo 63.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 50.8% Yes

61.8% YesNo 38.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 39.2% Yes

45.4% YesNo 54.6%

14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BL● Accepted · 56.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 58.3% Yes

54.6% YesNo 45.4%

14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BL● Rejected · 44.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 41.9% Yes

50.1% YesNo 50.0%

14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BL● Accepted · 53.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 58.0% Yes

49.4% YesNo 50.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.3% · strongest party

SVP33.3%

FDP19.5%

SP16.1%

Mitte15.0%

GRÜNE8.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier45%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

45%BL range 45%72%

Tax rank 1 of 86 in canton Basel-Landschaft

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'899 CHF(14.9%)

Rank 1 of 86 in the canton · 987 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'264 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Pfeffingen 14'899 CHF · most expensive Waldenburg 17'356 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'899 CHF(~14.9%)

PfeffingenCanton range Basel-LandschaftSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Pfeffingen	Basel-Landschaft	Switzerland median
40'000	5.7%	5.7–6.7%	5.4%
50'000	7.8%	7.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	9.7%	9.7–11.4%	10.5%
70'000	11.3%	11.3–13.2%	11.9%
80'000	12.6%	12.6–14.7%	13.1%
90'000	13.7%	13.7–16%	14.1%
100'000	14.9%	14.9–17.4%	15.3%
110'000	16%	16–18.6%	16.3%
120'000	17%	17–19.7%	17.2%
130'000	17.9%	17.9–20.7%	18.1%
140'000	18.7%	18.7–21.7%	19%
150'000	19.5%	19.5–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	21.3%	21.3–24.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.8%	22.8–26.2%	23.2%
225'000	24.1%	24.1–27.6%	24.6%
250'000	25.3%	25.3–28.8%	25.8%
275'000	26.3%	26.3–29.9%	26.8%
300'000	27.1%	27.1–30.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'048 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

688 m

Mean elevation

474 m

Relief

382 m

Mean slope

14°

Flat share

6.6%

South-facing

6.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 382 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

13.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'900

Per inhabitant

5'440 kWh/yr

13 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

31.21 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.45 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.91 Rp./kWh

31.21 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 31.21 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Primeo Netz 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300680 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Basel-Landschaft479 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Pfeffingen →Canton Basel-Landschaft →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Basel-Landschaft. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Basel-Landschaft (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

0.91 %

Second homes

8.1 %

Avg. rooms

4.6

Dwellings

1'094

Built before 19465.8%

Built since 200129.3%

0.91 %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

337

Workplaces

104

Services share

91.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 9 (2.7%) · Secondary 19 (5.6%) · Tertiary 309 (91.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

147 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 46 min · Car 23 min

AgglomerationPT 46 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 44/86 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2772

Websitepfeffingen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Arlesheim

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Pfeffingen ranks

Largest municipalities2'432 #28 BL · #863 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #41 BL · #910 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #46 BL · #1200 CH Jobs per resident0.14 #77 BL · #2015 CH Families & children20.4% #20 BL · #1006 CH Age structure26% #16 BL · #303 CH Women share51% #23 BL · #392 CH Foreign residents16.7% #44 BL · #1155 CH Population density497/km² #31 BL · #506 CH Tax burden14'899 #1 BL · #987 CH Taxes45% #1 BL Warmest municipalities10 °C #42 BL · #505 CH Sunniest municipalities41.6% #26 BL · #1195 CH Rainiest municipalities1'048 mm #25 BL · #1396 CH Voter turnout63% #5 BL · #326 CH Against Switzerland8.8% #33 BL · #1287 CH Aligned with Switzerland91.2% #17 BL · #186 CH SVP strongholds33.3% #55 BL · #1085 CH SP strongholds16.1% #68 BL · #830 CH Centre strongholds15% #13 BL · #829 CH FDP strongholds19.5% #3 BL · #492 CH GLP strongholds5.2% #58 BL · #1148 CH Green strongholds8.4% #56 BL · #808 CH Largest by area4.9 km² #48 BL · #1557 CH Highest municipalities489 m #33 BL · #1265 CH Second homes8.1% #72 BL · #1602 CH Organic farming20% #29 BL · #629 CH Best-connected municipalities46 min #40 BL · #364 CH Remotest municipalities46 min #44 BL · #1738 CH Highest peaks688 m #37 BL · #1244 CH Highest-lying municipalities474 m #52 BL · #1567 CH Greatest vertical range382 m #25 BL · #846 CH Steepest municipalities14° #23 BL · #621 CH Solar potential13 GWh #37 BL · #1335 CH Solar potential per capita5'440 kWh #71 BL · #1911 CH Cheapest electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #75 BL · #1942 CH Most expensive electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #15 BL · #194 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Aesch BL4147 Pfeffingen4148

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Pfeffingen?: Pfeffingen has 2 postal codes: 4147, 4148.
What is the tax rate in Pfeffingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Pfeffingen is 45% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Pfeffingen?: A single person without children pays about 14'899 CHF income tax in Pfeffingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Pfeffingen have?: Pfeffingen has 2'432 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Pfeffingen?: Pfeffingen has 406 foreign residents, a share of 16.69% (2025).

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