Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
2'752 49.5%
Men
2'806 50.5%
Children & youth (0–19)
1'192 21.4%
Swiss citizens
3'326 59.8%
Foreign residents
2'232 40.2%
Population density
481 pop./km²
0–19 · 1'192 · 21.4%20–64 · 3'380 · 60.8%65+ · 986 · 17.7%
Foreign residents 40.2%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +105 (+1.9%) · 53 births · 46 deaths · net migration +97
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 Kreuzlingen: 27.4% Yes
27.5% YesNo 72.5%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 33.5% Yes
29.4% YesNo 70.6%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 56.4% Yes
56.6% YesNo 43.5%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 48.8% Yes
44.0% YesNo 56.0%
14.06.2026Änderung der Kantonsverfassung zur Anpassung der FinanzkompetenzenCantonal TG● Accepted · 57.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 58.8% Yes
60.7% YesNo 39.3%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 43.1% Yes
44.7% YesNo 55.4%
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 Kreuzlingen: 23.7% Yes
23.2% YesNo 76.8%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 43.4% Yes
47.8% YesNo 52.2%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 39.6% Yes
37.7% YesNo 62.3%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 71.5% Yes
73.3% YesNo 26.7%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP32.0% · strongest party
SVP32.0%
Mitte18.4%
SP11.9%
FDP10.7%
GRÜNE9.8%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier118%
Cantonal tax multiplier109%
118%TG range 94%175%
Tax rank 7 of 80 in canton ThurgauTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
11'945 CHF(11.9%)
Rank 7 of 80 in the canton · 302 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:11'945 CHF(~11.9%)
TägerwilenCanton range ThurgauSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Tägerwilen | Thurgau | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 5.5% | 5–6.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 7.1% | 6.4–8.8% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 8.6% | 7.7–10.6% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 9.7% | 8.8–11.9% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 10.5% | 9.5–12.9% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 11.1% | 10.1–13.6% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 11.9% | 10.9–14.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 12.7% | 11.6–15.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 13.4% | 12.2–16.1% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 14% | 12.8–16.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 14.6% | 13.4–17.5% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 15.1% | 13.9–18.1% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 16.4% | 15.1–19.5% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 17.7% | 16.3–20.9% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 18.8% | 17.4–22.1% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 19.8% | 18.3–23.2% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 20.6% | 19.1–24% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 21.2% | 19.7–24.8% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020850 mm
10 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
572 m
Mean elevation
473 m
Relief
178 m
Mean slope
3.4°
Flat share
80.0%
South-facing
0.4%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 178 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
59.8 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
72.6 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
13'300
Per inhabitant
10'757 kWh/yr
60 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
30.25 Rp./kWh
Energy
13.5 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
12.72 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.7 Rp./kWh
30.25 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.29 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Politische Gemeinde Tägerwilen, Elektrizitätswerk
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
1.04 %
Second homes
8.9 %
Avg. rooms
3.9
Dwellings
2'598
Built before 194616.1%
Built since 200143.5%
1.04 %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
3'939
Workplaces
476
Services share
72.6 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 142 (3.6%) · Secondary 939 (23.8%) · Tertiary 2'858 (72.6%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
23
Organic share
52.2 %
Farmland
533 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 municipalities5'558 #11 TG · #378 CHGrowing municipalities1.9% #20 TG · #370 CHShrinking municipalities1.9% #61 TG · #1740 CHJobs per resident0.71 #6 TG · #220 CHFamilies & children21.4% #31 TG · #694 CHAge structure17.7% #66 TG · #1686 CHWomen share49.5% #34 TG · #1288 CHForeign residents40.2% #5 TG · #79 CHPopulation density481/km² #21 TG · #525 CHTax burden11'945 #7 TG · #302 CHTaxes118% #7 TGWarmest municipalities10 °C #19 TG · #549 CHSunniest municipalities39.6% #41 TG · #2034 CHRainiest municipalities850 mm #79 TG · #2016 CHVoter turnout56.1% #48 TG · #1078 CHAgainst Switzerland7.9% #67 TG · #1307 CHAligned with Switzerland92.1% #5 TG · #154 CHSVP strongholds32% #76 TG · #1153 CHSP strongholds11.9% #11 TG · #1309 CHCentre strongholds18.4% #11 TG · #622 CHFDP strongholds10.7% #25 TG · #1305 CHGLP strongholds8% #13 TG · #588 CHGreen strongholds9.8% #15 TG · #603 CHLargest by area11.6 km² #37 TG · #849 CHHighest municipalities475 m #36 TG · #1351 CHSecond homes8.9% #54 TG · #1421 CHOrganic farming52.2% #1 TG · #100 CHBest-connected municipalities101 min #63 TG · #1722 CHRemotest municipalities101 min #21 TG · #393 CHHighest peaks572 m #49 TG · #1643 CHHighest-lying municipalities473 m #45 TG · #1575 CHGreatest vertical range178 m #39 TG · #1454 CHSteepest municipalities3.4° #53 TG · #1849 CHSolar potential60 GWh #10 TG · #244 CHSolar potential per capita10'757 kWh #47 TG · #946 CHCheapest electricity30.25 Rp./kWh #46 TG · #1816 CHMost expensive electricity30.25 Rp./kWh #34 TG · #291 CH
Postal codes (2)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 2Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Tägerwilen?
- Tägerwilen has 2 postal codes: 8274, 8280.
- What is the tax rate in Tägerwilen?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Tägerwilen is 118% (2026); canton TG levies 109%.
- How much tax do you pay in Tägerwilen?
- A single person without children pays about 11'945 CHF income tax in Tägerwilen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 7 of 80 in canton TG. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Tägerwilen have?
- Tägerwilen has 5'558 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Tägerwilen?
- Tägerwilen has 2'232 foreign residents, a share of 40.16% (2025).
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