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Demographics

BFS · 2025
Women
926 49.4%
Men
947 50.6%
Children & youth (0–19)
311 16.6%
Swiss citizens
1'503 80.3%
Foreign residents
370 19.8%
Population density
430 pop./km²
0–19 · 311 · 16.6%20–64 · 1'099 · 58.7%65+ · 463 · 24.7%
Foreign residents 19.8%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: −48 (−2.5%) · 15 births · 6 deaths · net migration −57
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 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 36.9% Yes
39.5% YesNo 60.5%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 60.1% Yes
63.2% YesNo 36.8%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 55.5% Yes
57.8% YesNo 42.2%
14.06.2026Änderung der Kantonsverfassung zur Anpassung der FinanzkompetenzenCantonal TG● Accepted · 57.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 57.0% Yes
53.6% YesNo 46.4%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 40.4% Yes
42.8% YesNo 57.2%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 45.7% Yes
45.2% YesNo 54.8%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arbon: 42.0% Yes
40.2% YesNo 59.8%
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
73.0% YesNo 27.0%
All federal votes →
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023
SVP42.5% · strongest party
SVP42.5%
FDP15.6%
Mitte11.1%
GRÜNE8.0%
SP7.7%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Municipal tax multiplier114%
Cantonal tax multiplier109%
114%TG range 94%175%
Tax rank 5 of 80 in canton Thurgau
Tax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
11'765 CHF(11.8%)
Rank 5 of 80 in the canton · 264 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
Income tax as % of gross income
0%8%15%23%30%40k50k100k150k200k250k300k
100'000 CHF:11'765 CHF(~11.8%)
UttwilCanton range ThurgauSwitzerland median
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Gross incomeUttwilThurgauSwitzerland median
40'0005.4%5–6.8%5.4%
50'0007%6.4–8.8%7.8%
60'0008.4%7.7–10.6%10.5%
70'0009.5%8.8–11.9%11.9%
80'00010.4%9.5–12.9%13.1%
90'00011%10.1–13.6%14.1%
100'00011.8%10.9–14.5%15.3%
110'00012.5%11.6–15.4%16.3%
120'00013.2%12.2–16.1%17.2%
130'00013.8%12.8–16.8%18.1%
140'00014.4%13.4–17.5%19%
150'00014.9%13.9–18.1%19.7%
175'00016.2%15.1–19.5%21.6%
200'00017.4%16.3–20.9%23.2%
225'00018.5%17.4–22.1%24.6%
250'00019.5%18.3–23.2%25.8%
275'00020.3%19.1–24%26.8%
300'00021%19.7–24.8%27.4%
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020
Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020932 mm
10 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m
Highest point
460 m
Mean elevation
434 m
Relief
65 m
Mean slope
2.2°
Flat share
95.8%
South-facing
0.0%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 65 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
13.7 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
18.5 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
3'000
Per inhabitant
7'314 kWh/yr
14 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
24.59 Rp./kWh
Energy
10.78 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
9.42 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.65 Rp./kWh
24.59 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.29 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Genossenschaft EW Romanshorn
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
Standard 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 · ARE
Vacancy rate
1.89 %
Second homes
13 %
Avg. rooms
4.2
Dwellings
1'003
Built before 194622.1%
Built since 200130.1%
1.89 %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
398
Workplaces
139
Services share
75.6 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 62 (15.6%) · Secondary 35 (8.8%) · Tertiary 301 (75.6%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025
Farms
14
Organic share
14.3 %
Farmland
216 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM
Major centrePT 101 min · Car 79 min
AgglomerationPT 31 min · Car 12 min
Remoteness 19/80 in canton
National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0
BFS municipality number4451
DistrictBezirk Arbon
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities1'873 #47 TG · #1010 CHGrowing municipalities-2.5% #80 TG · #2028 CHShrinking municipalities-2.5% #1 TG · #83 CHJobs per resident0.21 #79 TG · #1742 CHFamilies & children16.6% #77 TG · #1870 CHAge structure24.7% #6 TG · #435 CHWomen share49.4% #36 TG · #1340 CHForeign residents19.8% #40 TG · #885 CHPopulation density430/km² #26 TG · #574 CHTax burden11'765 #5 TG · #264 CHTaxes114% #5 TGWarmest municipalities10 °C #9 TG · #539 CHSunniest municipalities39% #69 TG · #2088 CHRainiest municipalities932 mm #55 TG · #1865 CHVoter turnout62% #13 TG · #421 CHAgainst Switzerland20.6% #32 TG · #484 CHAligned with Switzerland79.4% #36 TG · #974 CHSVP strongholds42.5% #47 TG · #527 CHSP strongholds7.7% #43 TG · #1731 CHCentre strongholds11.1% #70 TG · #1110 CHFDP strongholds15.6% #6 TG · #775 CHGLP strongholds7% #24 TG · #761 CHGreen strongholds8% #38 TG · #878 CHLargest by area4.4 km² #70 TG · #1651 CHHighest municipalities442 m #53 TG · #1603 CHSecond homes13% #16 TG · #777 CHOrganic farming14.3% #42 TG · #938 CHBest-connected municipalities101 min #61 TG · #1720 CHRemotest municipalities101 min #19 TG · #391 CHHighest peaks460 m #75 TG · #2003 CHHighest-lying municipalities434 m #72 TG · #1829 CHGreatest vertical range65 m #72 TG · #1984 CHSteepest municipalities2.2° #69 TG · #1986 CHSolar potential14 GWh #69 TG · #1310 CHSolar potential per capita7'314 kWh #67 TG · #1615 CHCheapest electricity24.59 Rp./kWh #6 TG · #337 CHMost expensive electricity24.59 Rp./kWh #74 TG · #1770 CH

Localities

swisstopo · 2
What is the postal code of Uttwil?
Uttwil has 2 postal codes: 8590, 8592.
What is the tax rate in Uttwil?
The municipal tax multiplier of Uttwil is 114% (2026); canton TG levies 109%.
How much tax do you pay in Uttwil?
A single person without children pays about 11'765 CHF income tax in Uttwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 80 in canton TG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Uttwil have?
Uttwil has 1'873 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Uttwil?
Uttwil has 370 foreign residents, a share of 19.75% (2025).

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