What is the postal code of Rapperswil?

Rapperswil has 5 postal codes: 3053, 3251, 3254, 3255, 3256.

What is the tax rate in Rapperswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rapperswil is 168% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Rapperswil?

A single person without children pays about 16'821 CHF income tax in Rapperswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 124 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rapperswil have?

Rapperswil has 2'755 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rapperswil?

Rapperswil has 176 foreign residents, a share of 6.39% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Rapperswil

3053–3256

BE CANTON3053 3251 3254 3255+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'405 51.0%

Men

1'350 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

557 20.2%

Swiss citizens

2'579 93.6%

Foreign residents

176 6.4%

Population density

122 pop./km²

0–19 · 557 · 20.2%20–64 · 1'634 · 59.3%65+ · 564 · 20.5%

Foreign residents 6.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +50 (+1.9%) · 23 births · 17 deaths · net migration +48

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 Rapperswil

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

18.9% YesNo 81.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

28.4% YesNo 71.6%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

26.4% YesNo 73.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

57.8% YesNo 42.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

55.9% YesNo 44.1%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

37.8% YesNo 62.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

49.2% YesNo 50.8%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

19.7% YesNo 80.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

40.1% YesNo 59.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

35.9% YesNo 64.2%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP46.4% · strongest party

SVP46.4%

SP11.7%

Mitte10.3%

GLP9.3%

GRÜNE6.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier168%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

168%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 124 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'821 CHF(16.8%)

Rank 124 of 334 in the canton · 1758 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:16'821 CHF(~16.8%)

RapperswilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rapperswil	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.9%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.7%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.1%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.2%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.8%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.6%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.2%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.6%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.9%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.8%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'019 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

623 m

Mean elevation

541 m

Relief

157 m

Mean slope

3.8°

Flat share

77.8%

South-facing

7.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 157 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

44.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

56.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'900

Per inhabitant

16'113 kWh/yr

44 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 range H4

24.09–32.73 Rp./kWh

28.08 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators BKW Energie AG · Genossenschaft Elektra, Jegenstorf · Genossenschaft Elektra Rapperswil

This municipality is served by 3 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 Rapperswil →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

1.16 %

Second homes

11.1 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

1'296

Built before 194647.5%

Built since 200117.2%

1.16 %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

903

Workplaces

232

Services share

41 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 201 (22.3%) · Secondary 332 (36.8%) · Tertiary 370 (41.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

7.6 %

Farmland

1'514 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 41 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 41 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 291/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number310

Websiterapperswil-be.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rapperswil ranks

Largest municipalities2'755 #96 BE · #778 CH Growing municipalities1.9% #45 BE · #397 CH Shrinking municipalities1.9% #289 BE · #1709 CH Jobs per resident0.33 #186 BE · #1121 CH Families & children20.2% #119 BE · #1071 CH Age structure20.5% #270 BE · #1136 CH Women share51% #81 BE · #379 CH Foreign residents6.4% #240 BE · #1955 CH Population density122/km² #182 BE · #1353 CH Tax burden16'821 #125 BE · #1759 CH Taxes168% #124 BE Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #73 BE · #1023 CH Sunniest municipalities41.5% #190 BE · #1209 CH Rainiest municipalities1'019 mm #303 BE · #1541 CH Voter turnout54% #173 BE · #1352 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #115 BE · #909 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #80 BE · #507 CH SVP strongholds46.4% #125 BE · #340 CH SP strongholds11.7% #197 BE · #1331 CH Centre strongholds10.3% #86 BE · #1170 CH FDP strongholds5.5% #177 BE · #1815 CH GLP strongholds9.3% #115 BE · #393 CH Green strongholds6.4% #178 BE · #1221 CH Largest by area22.6 km² #59 BE · #421 CH Highest municipalities521 m #238 BE · #1114 CH Second homes11.1% #189 BE · #1023 CH Organic farming7.6% #221 BE · #1397 CH Best-connected municipalities41 min #42 BE · #246 CH Remotest municipalities41 min #291 BE · #1847 CH Highest peaks623 m #229 BE · #1448 CH Highest-lying municipalities541 m #233 BE · #1254 CH Greatest vertical range157 m #223 BE · #1549 CH Steepest municipalities3.8° #272 BE · #1774 CH Solar potential44 GWh #52 BE · #401 CH Solar potential per capita16'113 kWh #75 BE · #356 CH Cheapest electricity28.08 Rp./kWh #245 BE · #1356 CH Most expensive electricity28.08 Rp./kWh #88 BE · #748 CH

Postal codes (5)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 8

Bangerten b. Dieterswil3256 Dieterswil3256 Lätti3053 Messen3254 Rapperswil BE3255 Ruppoldsried3251 Seewil3256 Wengi b. Büren3251

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Schüpfen

BE · 0.9 km

Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rapperswil?: Rapperswil has 5 postal codes: 3053, 3251, 3254, 3255, 3256.
What is the tax rate in Rapperswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rapperswil is 168% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rapperswil?: A single person without children pays about 16'821 CHF income tax in Rapperswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 124 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rapperswil have?: Rapperswil has 2'755 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rapperswil?: Rapperswil has 176 foreign residents, a share of 6.39% (2025).

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