What is the postal code of Schnottwil?

The postal code of Schnottwil is 3253.

What is the tax rate in Schnottwil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schnottwil is 124% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.

How much tax do you pay in Schnottwil?

A single person without children pays about 16'953 CHF income tax in Schnottwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 61 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schnottwil have?

Schnottwil has 1'159 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schnottwil?

Schnottwil has 76 foreign residents, a share of 6.56% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SO · Bezirk Bucheggberg

Schnottwil

3253

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

589 50.8%

Men

570 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

229 19.8%

Swiss citizens

1'083 93.4%

Foreign residents

76 6.6%

Population density

162 pop./km²

0–19 · 229 · 19.8%20–64 · 692 · 59.7%65+ · 238 · 20.5%

Foreign residents 6.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −17 (−1.5%) · 13 births · 6 deaths · net migration −20

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 Schnottwil

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 Bucheggberg: 22.3% Yes

18.2% YesNo 81.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Bucheggberg: 28.6% Yes

23.9% YesNo 76.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Bucheggberg: 56.7% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

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

51.6% YesNo 48.4%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung des KantonsratsgesetzesCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Bucheggberg: 55.1% Yes

56.6% YesNo 43.4%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung der KantonsverfassungCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Bucheggberg: 55.3% Yes

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Bucheggberg: 51.2% Yes

53.6% YesNo 46.4%

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 Bezirk Bucheggberg: 21.6% Yes

17.5% YesNo 82.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Bucheggberg: 40.6% Yes

37.4% YesNo 62.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Bucheggberg: 39.7% Yes

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP32.1% · strongest party

SVP32.1%

FDP28.4%

SP13.7%

Mitte10.1%

GLP6.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier124%

Cantonal tax multiplier104%

124%SO range 65%145%

Tax rank 61 of 104 in canton Solothurn

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'953 CHF(17%)

Rank 61 of 104 in the canton · 1825 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'810 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Kammersrohr 13'027 CHF · most expensive Bolken 18'375 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'953 CHF(~17%)

SchnottwilCanton range SolothurnSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schnottwil	Solothurn	Switzerland median
40'000	8%	6.1–8.8%	5.4%
50'000	10.4%	7.9–11.4%	7.8%
60'000	12.4%	9.4–13.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.9%	10.5–15.1%	11.9%
80'000	15%	11.5–16.3%	13.1%
90'000	15.9%	12.2–17.3%	14.1%
100'000	17%	13–18.4%	15.3%
110'000	17.8%	13.8–19.3%	16.3%
120'000	18.6%	14.4–20.1%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	15.1–20.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	15.7–21.8%	19%
150'000	20.9%	16.4–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.6%	17.8–24.3%	21.6%
200'000	24%	19.1–25.8%	23.2%
225'000	25.2%	20.1–27%	24.6%
250'000	26.3%	21.1–28.2%	25.8%
275'000	27.2%	21.9–29.1%	26.8%
300'000	27.9%	22.5–29.8%	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 1991–20201'077 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

599 m

Mean elevation

514 m

Relief

152 m

Mean slope

4.9°

Flat share

65.6%

South-facing

10.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 152 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

14.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

18.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'300

Per inhabitant

12'813 kWh/yr

15 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

27.11 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.92 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.32 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

27.11 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 28.51 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Regio Energie Solothurn

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

Standard model, deductible 300606 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Solothurn424 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Schnottwil →Canton Solothurn →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Solothurn (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

2.18 %

Second homes

8.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

551

Built before 194631.0%

Built since 200124.5%

2.18 %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

364

Workplaces

Services share

35.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 54 (14.8%) · Secondary 180 (49.5%) · Tertiary 130 (35.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

15.8 %

Farmland

443 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 55 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 21 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 85/104 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2461

Websiteschnottwil.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Bucheggberg

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schnottwil ranks

Largest municipalities1'159 #69 SO · #1351 CH Growing municipalities-1.5% #92 SO · #1910 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.5% #13 SO · #199 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #50 SO · #1234 CH Families & children19.8% #49 SO · #1223 CH Age structure20.5% #77 SO · #1143 CH Women share50.8% #23 SO · #505 CH Foreign residents6.6% #97 SO · #1948 CH Population density162/km² #73 SO · #1153 CH Tax burden16'953 #62 SO · #1826 CH Taxes124% #61 SO Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #48 SO · #1052 CH Sunniest municipalities40.3% #56 SO · #1681 CH Rainiest municipalities1'077 mm #76 SO · #1240 CH Voter turnout53.1% #59 SO · #1464 CH Against Switzerland11.8% #42 SO · #1111 CH Aligned with Switzerland88.2% #28 SO · #335 CH SVP strongholds32.1% #52 SO · #1146 CH SP strongholds13.7% #53 SO · #1082 CH Centre strongholds10.1% #95 SO · #1192 CH FDP strongholds28.4% #7 SO · #123 CH GLP strongholds6.8% #28 SO · #792 CH Green strongholds6% #66 SO · #1328 CH Largest by area7.2 km² #39 SO · #1225 CH Highest municipalities511 m #34 SO · #1161 CH Second homes8.8% #61 SO · #1446 CH Organic farming15.8% #39 SO · #838 CH Best-connected municipalities55 min #19 SO · #624 CH Remotest municipalities55 min #85 SO · #1485 CH Highest peaks599 m #63 SO · #1550 CH Highest-lying municipalities514 m #51 SO · #1369 CH Greatest vertical range152 m #65 SO · #1583 CH Steepest municipalities4.9° #73 SO · #1595 CH Solar potential15 GWh #53 SO · #1246 CH Solar potential per capita12'813 kWh #15 SO · #657 CH Cheapest electricity27.11 Rp./kWh #38 SO · #1138 CH Most expensive electricity27.11 Rp./kWh #67 SO · #969 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3253

Schnottwil

Localities

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Schnottwil3253

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schnottwil?: The postal code of Schnottwil is 3253.
What is the tax rate in Schnottwil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schnottwil is 124% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.
How much tax do you pay in Schnottwil?: A single person without children pays about 16'953 CHF income tax in Schnottwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 61 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schnottwil have?: Schnottwil has 1'159 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schnottwil?: Schnottwil has 76 foreign residents, a share of 6.56% (2025).

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