Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
345 49.6%
Men
351 50.4%
Children & youth (0–19)
150 21.6%
Swiss citizens
574 82.5%
Foreign residents
122 17.5%
Population density
165 pop./km²
0–19 · 150 · 21.6%20–64 · 412 · 59.2%65+ · 134 · 19.3%
Foreign residents 17.5%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +23 (+3.4%) · 14 births · 2 deaths · net migration +10
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
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 Arbon: 25.8% Yes
23.3% YesNo 76.7%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 36.9% Yes
39.2% YesNo 60.8%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 60.1% Yes
59.7% YesNo 40.3%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 55.5% Yes
67.2% YesNo 32.8%
14.06.2026Änderung der Kantonsverfassung zur Anpassung der FinanzkompetenzenCantonal TG● Accepted · 57.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 57.0% Yes
57.1% YesNo 42.9%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 40.4% Yes
31.3% YesNo 68.7%
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 Arbon: 21.1% Yes
22.5% YesNo 77.5%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 45.7% Yes
50.0% YesNo 50.0%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 42.0% Yes
45.8% YesNo 54.2%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 71.0% Yes
78.5% YesNo 21.5%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP52.5% · strongest party
SVP52.5%
Mitte12.6%
GRÜNE8.4%
SP7.5%
FDP5.2%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier152%
Cantonal tax multiplier109%
152%TG range 94%175%
Tax rank 63 of 80 in canton ThurgauTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
13'480 CHF(13.5%)
Rank 62 of 80 in the canton · 685 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 13'209 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Warth-Weiningen 10'862 CHF · most expensive Arbon 14'518 CHF
100'000 CHF:13'480 CHF(~13.5%)
SommeriCanton range ThurgauSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Sommeri | Thurgau | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 6.3% | 5–6.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 8.1% | 6.4–8.8% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 9.8% | 7.7–10.6% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 11% | 8.8–11.9% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 11.9% | 9.5–12.9% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 12.6% | 10.1–13.6% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 13.5% | 10.9–14.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 14.3% | 11.6–15.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 15% | 12.2–16.1% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 15.7% | 12.8–16.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 16.3% | 13.4–17.5% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 16.9% | 13.9–18.1% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 18.3% | 15.1–19.5% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 19.6% | 16.3–20.9% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 20.8% | 17.4–22.1% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 21.8% | 18.3–23.2% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 22.6% | 19.1–24% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 23.3% | 19.7–24.8% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.7 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020987 mm
9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
496 m
Mean elevation
472 m
Relief
52 m
Mean slope
2.1°
Flat share
95.6%
South-facing
2.4%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 52 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
Roof potential
10 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
13.2 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
2'200
Per inhabitant
14'411 kWh/yr
10 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 · 2027Tariff H4
29.66 Rp./kWh
Energy
13.3 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
12.73 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.3 Rp./kWh
29.66 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.29 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Elektra-Genossenschaft Sommeri
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 · 2024Standard model, deductible 300544 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Thurgau382 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Thurgau (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.
2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026
Housing
BFS · AREVacancy rate
0.9 %
Second homes
8.8 %
Avg. rooms
4.2
Dwellings
332
Built before 194638.9%
Built since 200134.0%
0.9 %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 · 2024Jobs
488
Workplaces
64
Services share
72.1 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 51 (10.5%) · Secondary 85 (17.4%) · Tertiary 352 (72.1%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
14
Organic share
14.3 %
Farmland
256 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities696 #77 TG · #1655 CHGrowing municipalities3.4% #8 TG · #127 CHShrinking municipalities3.4% #73 TG · #1984 CHJobs per resident0.7 #7 TG · #226 CHFamilies & children21.6% #28 TG · #640 CHAge structure19.3% #40 TG · #1375 CHWomen share49.6% #29 TG · #1220 CHForeign residents17.5% #51 TG · #1084 CHPopulation density165/km² #54 TG · #1146 CHTax burden13'480 #63 TG · #687 CHTaxes152% #63 TGWarmest municipalities9.7 °C #34 TG · #833 CHSunniest municipalities39.5% #42 TG · #2044 CHRainiest municipalities987 mm #34 TG · #1682 CHVoter turnout58.3% #30 TG · #795 CHSVP strongholds52.5% #17 TG · #178 CHSP strongholds7.5% #46 TG · #1749 CHCentre strongholds12.6% #63 TG · #996 CHFDP strongholds5.2% #72 TG · #1845 CHGLP strongholds4.9% #54 TG · #1228 CHGreen strongholds8.4% #30 TG · #812 CHLargest by area4.2 km² #71 TG · #1684 CHHighest municipalities465 m #40 TG · #1423 CHSecond homes8.8% #58 TG · #1449 CHOrganic farming14.3% #41 TG · #937 CHBest-connected municipalities101 min #60 TG · #1719 CHRemotest municipalities101 min #18 TG · #390 CHHighest peaks496 m #69 TG · #1895 CHHighest-lying municipalities472 m #47 TG · #1578 CHGreatest vertical range52 m #75 TG · #2034 CHSteepest municipalities2.1° #72 TG · #1994 CHSolar potential10 GWh #76 TG · #1560 CHSolar potential per capita14'411 kWh #19 TG · #483 CHCheapest electricity29.66 Rp./kWh #39 TG · #1716 CHMost expensive electricity29.66 Rp./kWh #41 TG · #391 CH
Postal codes (1)
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swisstopo · 1Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Sommeri?
- The postal code of Sommeri is 8580.
- What is the tax rate in Sommeri?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Sommeri is 152% (2026); canton TG levies 109%.
- How much tax do you pay in Sommeri?
- A single person without children pays about 13'480 CHF income tax in Sommeri on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 80 in canton TG. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Sommeri have?
- Sommeri has 696 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Sommeri?
- Sommeri has 122 foreign residents, a share of 17.53% (2025).
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