What is the postal code of Tuggen?

Tuggen has 3 postal codes: 8730, 8855, 8856.

What is the tax rate in Tuggen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Tuggen is 154% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Tuggen?

A single person without children pays about 7'643 CHF income tax in Tuggen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 13 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Tuggen have?

Tuggen has 3'491 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Tuggen?

Tuggen has 670 foreign residents, a share of 19.19% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk March

Tuggen

8730–8856

SZ CANTON8730 8855 8856

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'707 48.9%

Men

1'784 51.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

662 19.0%

Swiss citizens

2'821 80.8%

Foreign residents

670 19.2%

Population density

231 pop./km²

0–19 · 662 · 19.0%20–64 · 2'193 · 62.8%65+ · 636 · 18.2%

Foreign residents 19.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +22 (+0.6%) · 37 births · 20 deaths · net migration +9

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 Tuggen

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 March: 19.1% Yes

18.9% YesNo 81.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 41.3% Yes

47.7% YesNo 52.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 62.5% Yes

62.4% YesNo 37.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 64.6% Yes

72.3% YesNo 27.7%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 43.2% Yes

43.9% YesNo 56.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 37.3% Yes

31.9% YesNo 68.1%

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 March: 14.7% Yes

12.7% YesNo 87.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 50.2% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 46.8% Yes

49.9% YesNo 50.1%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 69.6% Yes

68.5% YesNo 31.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.2% · strongest party

SVP43.2%

FDP21.4%

Mitte12.7%

Übrige9.4%

SP8.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier154%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

154%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 13 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

7'643 CHF(7.6%)

Rank 13 of 30 in the canton · 24 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 7'665 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Freienbach 5'617 CHF · most expensive Illgau 8'565 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:7'643 CHF(~7.6%)

TuggenCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Tuggen	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	2.5%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	3.9%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	4.9%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	5.7%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	6.3%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	6.9%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	7.6%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	8.3%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	8.9%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	9.4%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	9.9%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	10.4%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	11.5%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	12.5%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	13.4%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	14.2%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	14.9%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	15.4%	12.6–16.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'525 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

624 m

Mean elevation

447 m

Relief

219 m

Mean slope

6.2°

Flat share

56.5%

South-facing

18.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 219 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

34.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

47.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'700

Per inhabitant

9'883 kWh/yr

35 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

32.24 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.42 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.8 Rp./kWh

32.24 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.23 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Gemeinde Tuggen, 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 · 2024

Standard model, deductible 300521 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schwyz361 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Tuggen →Canton Schwyz →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Schwyz (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

0.48 %

Second homes

8.2 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'661

Built before 194612.3%

Built since 200139.7%

0.48 %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

1'591

Workplaces

275

Services share

54.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 118 (7.4%) · Secondary 606 (38.1%) · Tertiary 867 (54.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

4.9 %

Farmland

858 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 75 min · Car 45 min

AgglomerationPT 12 min · Car 7 min

Remoteness 20/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1347

Websitetuggen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk March

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Tuggen ranks

Largest municipalities3'491 #17 SZ · #633 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #16 SZ · #1009 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #15 SZ · #1097 CH Jobs per resident0.46 #11 SZ · #631 CH Families & children19% #15 SZ · #1437 CH Age structure18.2% #21 SZ · #1607 CH Women share48.9% #11 SZ · #1554 CH Foreign residents19.2% #15 SZ · #932 CH Population density231/km² #15 SZ · #942 CH Tax burden7'643 #13 SZ · #24 CH Taxes154% #13 SZ Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #9 SZ · #397 CH Sunniest municipalities44% #18 SZ · #833 CH Rainiest municipalities1'525 mm #17 SZ · #224 CH Voter turnout56.5% #27 SZ · #1017 CH Against Switzerland30.4% #8 SZ · #59 CH Aligned with Switzerland69.6% #16 SZ · #1395 CH SVP strongholds43.2% #11 SZ · #487 CH SP strongholds8.3% #15 SZ · #1673 CH Centre strongholds12.7% #22 SZ · #977 CH FDP strongholds21.4% #8 SZ · #368 CH GLP strongholds2.6% #17 SZ · #1660 CH Green strongholds1.8% #17 SZ · #1976 CH Largest by area15.1 km² #20 SZ · #643 CH Highest municipalities414 m #29 SZ · #1819 CH Second homes8.2% #25 SZ · #1575 CH Organic farming4.9% #21 SZ · #1531 CH Best-connected municipalities75 min #11 SZ · #1232 CH Remotest municipalities75 min #20 SZ · #880 CH Highest peaks624 m #29 SZ · #1441 CH Highest-lying municipalities447 m #28 SZ · #1738 CH Greatest vertical range219 m #29 SZ · #1274 CH Steepest municipalities6.2° #28 SZ · #1360 CH Solar potential35 GWh #12 SZ · #578 CH Solar potential per capita9'883 kWh #5 SZ · #1089 CH Cheapest electricity32.24 Rp./kWh #25 SZ · #2008 CH Most expensive electricity32.24 Rp./kWh #6 SZ · #99 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Tuggen8856 Uznach8730 Wangen SZ8855

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Tuggen?: Tuggen has 3 postal codes: 8730, 8855, 8856.
What is the tax rate in Tuggen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Tuggen is 154% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Tuggen?: A single person without children pays about 7'643 CHF income tax in Tuggen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 13 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Tuggen have?: Tuggen has 3'491 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Tuggen?: Tuggen has 670 foreign residents, a share of 19.19% (2025).

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