What is the postal code of Schmerikon?

Schmerikon has 2 postal codes: 8716, 8730.

What is the tax rate in Schmerikon?

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

How much tax do you pay in Schmerikon?

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

How many residents does Schmerikon have?

Schmerikon has 4'168 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schmerikon?

Schmerikon has 1'151 foreign residents, a share of 27.62% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis See-Gaster

Schmerikon

8716–8730

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'081 49.9%

Men

2'087 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

831 19.9%

Swiss citizens

3'017 72.4%

Foreign residents

1'151 27.6%

Population density

697 pop./km²

0–19 · 831 · 19.9%20–64 · 2'393 · 57.4%65+ · 944 · 22.6%

Foreign residents 27.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +18 (+0.4%) · 37 births · 39 deaths · net migration +25

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 Schmerikon

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 See-Gaster: 24.2% Yes

23.0% YesNo 77.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 36.7% Yes

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 59.1% Yes

62.1% YesNo 37.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 56.1% Yes

54.4% YesNo 45.6%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 56.4% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 45.1% Yes

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

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 See-Gaster: 22.3% Yes

20.8% YesNo 79.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 43.3% Yes

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 40.8% Yes

39.9% YesNo 60.1%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis See-Gaster: 73.1% Yes

74.8% YesNo 25.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP34.1% · strongest party

SVP34.1%

Mitte19.7%

FDP15.8%

SP9.8%

GRÜNE9.1%

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 31 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%)

SchmerikonCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schmerikon	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 1991–20209.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'728 mm

9.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

544 m

Mean elevation

433 m

Relief

140 m

Mean slope

4.3°

Flat share

69.7%

South-facing

22.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 140 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

29.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

40.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'600

Per inhabitant

7'140 kWh/yr

30 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

28.89 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.41 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.68 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.97 Rp./kWh

28.89 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Elektrizitätswerk Schmerikon 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 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 Schmerikon →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

0.89 %

Second homes

12.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'016

Built before 194615.2%

Built since 200132.8%

0.89 %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

1'871

Workplaces

236

Services share

60.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 25 (1.3%) · Secondary 721 (38.5%) · Tertiary 1'125 (60.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

169 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 70 min · Car 45 min

AgglomerationPT 16 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 74/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3338

Websiteschmerikon.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis See-Gaster

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schmerikon ranks

Largest municipalities4'168 #46 SG · #536 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #42 SG · #1145 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #34 SG · #963 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #36 SG · #677 CH Families & children19.9% #55 SG · #1183 CH Age structure22.6% #14 SG · #754 CH Women share49.9% #25 SG · #1015 CH Foreign residents27.6% #24 SG · #422 CH Population density697/km² #25 SG · #361 CH Tax burden13'757 #33 SG · #784 CH Taxes113% #31 SG Warmest municipalities9.1 °C #45 SG · #1315 CH Sunniest municipalities44.3% #20 SG · #776 CH Rainiest municipalities1'728 mm #16 SG · #109 CH Voter turnout55.9% #37 SG · #1100 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #60 SG · #1013 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #19 SG · #469 CH SVP strongholds34.1% #55 SG · #1034 CH SP strongholds9.8% #37 SG · #1541 CH Centre strongholds19.7% #47 SG · #545 CH FDP strongholds15.8% #23 SG · #753 CH GLP strongholds7.3% #5 SG · #699 CH Green strongholds9.1% #14 SG · #691 CH Largest by area6 km² #61 SG · #1399 CH Highest municipalities408 m #70 SG · #1856 CH Second homes12.1% #30 SG · #896 CH Organic farming0% #73 SG · #1826 CH Best-connected municipalities70 min #2 SG · #1081 CH Remotest municipalities70 min #74 SG · #1030 CH Highest peaks544 m #68 SG · #1740 CH Highest-lying municipalities433 m #65 SG · #1837 CH Greatest vertical range140 m #67 SG · #1641 CH Steepest municipalities4.3° #65 SG · #1695 CH Solar potential30 GWh #57 SG · #682 CH Solar potential per capita7'140 kWh #54 SG · #1654 CH Cheapest electricity28.89 Rp./kWh #20 SG · #1609 CH Most expensive electricity28.89 Rp./kWh #55 SG · #498 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Schmerikon8716 Uznach8730

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schmerikon?: Schmerikon has 2 postal codes: 8716, 8730.
What is the tax rate in Schmerikon?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schmerikon is 113% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Schmerikon?: A single person without children pays about 13'757 CHF income tax in Schmerikon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 31 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schmerikon have?: Schmerikon has 4'168 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schmerikon?: Schmerikon has 1'151 foreign residents, a share of 27.62% (2025).

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