What is the postal code of Stocken-Höfen?

Stocken-Höfen has 2 postal codes: 3631, 3632.

What is the tax rate in Stocken-Höfen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Stocken-Höfen is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Stocken-Höfen?

A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Stocken-Höfen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Stocken-Höfen have?

Stocken-Höfen has 1'020 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Stocken-Höfen?

Stocken-Höfen has 65 foreign residents, a share of 6.37% (2025).

Stocken-Höfen (BE): Postal Codes 3631–3632, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

491 48.1%

Men

529 51.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

208 20.4%

Swiss citizens

955 93.6%

Foreign residents

65 6.4%

Population density

72 pop./km²

0–19 · 208 · 20.4%20–64 · 620 · 60.8%65+ · 192 · 18.8%

Foreign residents 6.4%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Stocken-Höfen

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

64.0% YesNo 36.0%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

72.9% YesNo 27.1%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% Yes

24.2% YesNo 75.8%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

37.6% YesNo 62.4%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

14.1% YesNo 85.9%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

54.8% YesNo 45.2%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

49.1% YesNo 50.9%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

69.2% YesNo 30.8%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

56.8% YesNo 43.2%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

11.0% YesNo 89.0%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP57.4% · strongest party

SVP57.4%

GLP10.9%

SP7.6%

EDU5.5%

Mitte4.8%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier179%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

179%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 204 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'178 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 193 of 334 in the canton · 1902 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:17'178 CHF(~17.2%)

Stocken-HöfenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Stocken-Höfen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	25.1–31.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'147 mm

8.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'031 m

Mean elevation

953 m

Relief

1'413 m

Mean slope

21.4°

Flat share

23.2%

South-facing

12.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'413 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

9.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

11.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'200

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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

27.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.25 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

27.7 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator BKW Energie 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

502

Built before 194643.4%

Built since 200112.7%

0.6 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 61 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 26 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 183/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitestocken-hoefen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities1'020 #199 BE · #1447 CH Families & children20.4% #111 BE · #996 CH Age structure18.8% #314 BE · #1476 CH Women share48.1% #310 BE · #1836 CH Foreign residents6.4% #242 BE · #1958 CH Population density72/km² #244 BE · #1634 CH Tax burden17'178 #208 BE · #1917 CH Taxes179% #204 BE Warmest municipalities8.6 °C #201 BE · #1528 CH Sunniest municipalities46.4% #45 BE · #519 CH Rainiest municipalities1'147 mm #167 BE · #842 CH Voter turnout52.4% #181 BE · #1414 CH Against Switzerland31% #19 BE · #54 CH Aligned with Switzerland69% #186 BE · #1395 CH SVP strongholds57.4% #45 BE · #86 CH SP strongholds7.6% #267 BE · #1731 CH Centre strongholds4.8% #268 BE · #1801 CH FDP strongholds1.8% #310 BE · #2029 CH GLP strongholds10.9% #66 BE · #227 CH Green strongholds4.6% #257 BE · #1605 CH Largest by area14.2 km² #115 BE · #687 CH Highest municipalities705 m #122 BE · #588 CH Remotest municipalities61 min #183 BE · #1283 CH Best-connected municipalities61 min #152 BE · #801 CH Highest peaks2'031 m #50 BE · #353 CH Highest-lying municipalities953 m #79 BE · #456 CH Greatest vertical range1'413 m #47 BE · #360 CH Steepest municipalities21.4° #54 BE · #362 CH Solar potential10 GWh #231 BE · #1570 CH Cheapest electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #157 BE · #917 CH Most expensive electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #244 BE · #1249 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Höfen b. Thun3631 Niederstocken3632 Oberstocken3632

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Stocken-Höfen?: Stocken-Höfen has 2 postal codes: 3631, 3632.
What is the tax rate in Stocken-Höfen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Stocken-Höfen is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Stocken-Höfen?: A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Stocken-Höfen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Stocken-Höfen have?: Stocken-Höfen has 1'020 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Stocken-Höfen?: Stocken-Höfen has 65 foreign residents, a share of 6.37% (2025).

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