What is the postal code of Rheineck?

Rheineck has 3 postal codes: 9424, 9425, 9426.

What is the tax rate in Rheineck?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rheineck is 113% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Rheineck?

A single person without children pays about 13'757 CHF income tax in Rheineck on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 31 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rheineck have?

Rheineck has 3'566 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rheineck?

Rheineck has 1'286 foreign residents, a share of 36.06% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Rheintal

Rheineck

9424–9426

SG CANTON9424 9425 9426

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'759 49.3%

Men

1'807 50.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

635 17.8%

Swiss citizens

2'280 63.9%

Foreign residents

1'286 36.1%

Population density

1'614 pop./km²

0–19 · 635 · 17.8%20–64 · 2'147 · 60.2%65+ · 784 · 22.0%

Foreign residents 36.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +52 (+1.5%) · 23 births · 32 deaths · net migration +56

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 Rheineck

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 Wahlkreis Rheintal: 21.5% Yes

22.3% YesNo 77.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 40.2% Yes

40.5% YesNo 59.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 62.4% Yes

60.8% YesNo 39.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 61.5% Yes

57.1% YesNo 42.9%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 55.6% Yes

57.8% YesNo 42.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 38.4% Yes

40.7% YesNo 59.3%

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 Wahlkreis Rheintal: 17.3% Yes

17.0% YesNo 83.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 47.9% Yes

54.2% YesNo 45.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 44.5% Yes

49.7% YesNo 50.4%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 71.6% Yes

65.1% YesNo 34.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.1% · strongest party

SVP37.1%

Mitte16.4%

FDP15.0%

SP12.0%

GRÜNE5.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier113%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

113%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 32 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'757 CHF(13.8%)

Rank 31 of 75 in the canton · 782 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 13'868 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Balgach 10'881 CHF · most expensive Lütisburg 16'080 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'757 CHF(~13.8%)

RheineckCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rheineck	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.2%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.9%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.5%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.6%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.7%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	12.7%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.8%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	14.7%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	15.4%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	16.1%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	16.8%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	17.5%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	18.9%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	20.1%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.2%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	22.2%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	22.9%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	23.6%	19.7–26.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'115 mm

10.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

533 m

Mean elevation

412 m

Relief

138 m

Mean slope

4.3°

Flat share

75.6%

South-facing

1.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 138 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

24.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'500

Per inhabitant

6'882 kWh/yr

25 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

34.12 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.3 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.82 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4 Rp./kWh

34.12 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 30.11 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Werke Rheineck, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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 300538 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton St. Gallen377 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Rheineck →Canton St. Gallen →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton St. Gallen. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton St. Gallen (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

1.48 %

Second homes

13.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

1'896

Built before 194637.9%

Built since 200117.3%

1.48 %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

1'706

Workplaces

273

Services share

55.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 20 (1.2%) · Secondary 736 (43.1%) · Tertiary 950 (55.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

50 %

Farmland

51 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 110 min · Car 79 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 26/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3235

Websiterheineck.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Rheintal

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rheineck ranks

Largest municipalities3'566 #54 SG · #625 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #11 SG · #549 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #65 SG · #1563 CH Jobs per resident0.48 #31 SG · #583 CH Families & children17.8% #71 SG · #1699 CH Age structure22% #17 SG · #859 CH Women share49.3% #41 SG · #1382 CH Foreign residents36.1% #7 SG · #140 CH Population density1'614/km² #6 SG · #106 CH Tax burden13'757 #32 SG · #783 CH Taxes113% #32 SG Warmest municipalities10.3 °C #9 SG · #280 CH Sunniest municipalities40.5% #54 SG · #1614 CH Rainiest municipalities1'115 mm #61 SG · #1015 CH Voter turnout48% #73 SG · #1920 CH Against Switzerland22.5% #29 SG · #356 CH Aligned with Switzerland77.5% #46 SG · #1092 CH SVP strongholds37.1% #44 SG · #833 CH SP strongholds12% #18 SG · #1292 CH Centre strongholds16.4% #60 SG · #734 CH FDP strongholds15% #31 SG · #825 CH GLP strongholds4.4% #49 SG · #1323 CH Green strongholds5.4% #55 SG · #1471 CH Largest by area2.2 km² #73 SG · #1985 CH Highest municipalities400 m #75 SG · #1890 CH Second homes13.3% #18 SG · #739 CH Organic farming50% #2 SG · #121 CH Best-connected municipalities110 min #50 SG · #1845 CH Remotest municipalities110 min #26 SG · #267 CH Highest peaks533 m #70 SG · #1769 CH Highest-lying municipalities412 m #73 SG · #1945 CH Greatest vertical range138 m #68 SG · #1653 CH Steepest municipalities4.3° #64 SG · #1694 CH Solar potential25 GWh #61 SG · #855 CH Solar potential per capita6'882 kWh #56 SG · #1700 CH Cheapest electricity34.12 Rp./kWh #62 SG · #2065 CH Most expensive electricity34.12 Rp./kWh #13 SG · #42 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Lutzenberg9426 Rheineck9424 Thal9425

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rheineck?: Rheineck has 3 postal codes: 9424, 9425, 9426.
What is the tax rate in Rheineck?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rheineck is 113% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Rheineck?: A single person without children pays about 13'757 CHF income tax in Rheineck on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 31 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rheineck have?: Rheineck has 3'566 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rheineck?: Rheineck has 1'286 foreign residents, a share of 36.06% (2025).

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