What is the postal code of Vordemwald?

Vordemwald has 2 postal codes: 4803, 4852.

What is the tax rate in Vordemwald?

The municipal tax multiplier of Vordemwald is 118% (2026); canton AG levies 103%.

How much tax do you pay in Vordemwald?

A single person without children pays about 13'485 CHF income tax in Vordemwald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 158 of 196 in canton AG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Vordemwald have?

Vordemwald has 2'026 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Vordemwald?

Vordemwald has 210 foreign residents, a share of 10.37% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton AG

Vordemwald

4803–4852

AG CANTON4803 4852

Residents

2'026

Area

10.1 km²

Population density

200 pop./km²

Elevation

461 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

118%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'014 50.0%

Men

1'012 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

407 20.1%

Swiss citizens

1'816 89.6%

Foreign residents

210 10.4%

Population density

200 pop./km²

0–19 · 407 · 20.1%20–64 · 1'121 · 55.3%65+ · 498 · 24.6%

Foreign residents 10.4%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Vordemwald

BFS

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

60.9% YesNo 39.1%

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

64.5% YesNo 35.5%

14.06.2026Aargauische Volksinitiative "Bildungsqualität sichern – JETZT!" vom 28. August 2024Cantonal AG● Rejected · 42.6% Yes

38.4% YesNo 61.6%

14.06.2026Verkehrsinfrastruktur-Entwicklung Raum Suhr (VERAS); Verpflichtungskredit vom 16. Dezember 2025Cantonal AG● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

49.9% YesNo 50.1%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

40.2% YesNo 59.8%

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

18.9% YesNo 81.1%

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

46.9% YesNo 53.1%

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

40.9% YesNo 59.1%

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

72.2% YesNo 27.8%

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

47.7% YesNo 52.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP47.7% · strongest party

SVP47.7%

SP14.3%

FDP10.2%

GRÜNE7.0%

Mitte6.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier118%

Cantonal tax multiplier103%

118%AG range 48%127%

Tax rank 162 of 196 in canton Aargau

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'485 CHF(13.5%)

Rank 158 of 196 in the canton · 688 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'952 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Oberwil-Lieli 9'753 CHF · most expensive Ammerswil 13'965 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'485 CHF(~13.5%)

VordemwaldCanton range AargauSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Vordemwald	Aargau	Switzerland median
40'000	5.4%	3.8–5.6%	5.4%
50'000	7.4%	5.2–7.7%	7.8%
60'000	9%	6.4–9.3%	10.5%
70'000	10.4%	7.4–10.7%	11.9%
80'000	11.5%	8.2–11.9%	13.1%
90'000	12.4%	8.9–12.8%	14.1%
100'000	13.5%	9.8–14%	15.3%
110'000	14.4%	10.5–14.9%	16.3%
120'000	15.2%	11.2–15.8%	17.2%
130'000	16%	11.7–16.5%	18.1%
140'000	16.7%	12.4–17.3%	19%
150'000	17.4%	13–18%	19.7%
175'000	19.1%	14.4–19.7%	21.6%
200'000	20.5%	15.5–21.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.8%	16.6–22.4%	24.6%
250'000	22.9%	17.6–23.6%	25.8%
275'000	23.8%	18.4–24.5%	26.8%
300'000	24.6%	19.1–25.3%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'115 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

543 m

Mean elevation

467 m

Relief

130 m

Mean slope

5°

Flat share

59.2%

South-facing

7.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 130 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

18.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

24.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'100

18 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

27.5 Rp./kWh

Energy

12 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.06 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.1 Rp./kWh

27.5 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 27.73 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator EW Rothrist 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

1.19 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

923

Built before 194626.1%

Built since 200120.8%

1.19 %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 63 min · Car 45 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 101/196 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitevordemwald.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities2'026 #109 AG · #966 CH Families & children20.1% #111 AG · #1117 CH Age structure24.6% #16 AG · #450 CH Women share50% #64 AG · #954 CH Foreign residents10.4% #189 AG · #1669 CH Population density200/km² #159 AG · #1030 CH Tax burden13'485 #164 AG · #694 CH Taxes118% #162 AG Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #148 AG · #907 CH Sunniest municipalities40.4% #53 AG · #1658 CH Rainiest municipalities1'115 mm #61 AG · #1020 CH Voter turnout54.8% #98 AG · #1104 CH Against Switzerland24% #27 AG · #302 CH Aligned with Switzerland76% #143 AG · #1156 CH SVP strongholds47.7% #53 AG · #308 CH SP strongholds14.3% #73 AG · #1018 CH Centre strongholds6.5% #182 AG · #1632 CH FDP strongholds10.2% #139 AG · #1373 CH GLP strongholds5% #160 AG · #1203 CH Green strongholds7% #53 AG · #1105 CH Largest by area10.1 km² #42 AG · #957 CH Highest municipalities461 m #76 AG · #1447 CH Remotest municipalities63 min #101 AG · #1242 CH Best-connected municipalities63 min #101 AG · #889 CH Highest peaks543 m #143 AG · #1745 CH Highest-lying municipalities467 m #100 AG · #1611 CH Greatest vertical range130 m #164 AG · #1689 CH Steepest municipalities5° #152 AG · #1575 CH Solar potential18 GWh #109 AG · #1085 CH Cheapest electricity27.5 Rp./kWh #82 AG · #774 CH Most expensive electricity27.5 Rp./kWh #116 AG · #1335 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Rothrist4852 Vordemwald4803

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Vordemwald?: Vordemwald has 2 postal codes: 4803, 4852.
What is the tax rate in Vordemwald?: The municipal tax multiplier of Vordemwald is 118% (2026); canton AG levies 103%.
How much tax do you pay in Vordemwald?: A single person without children pays about 13'485 CHF income tax in Vordemwald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 158 of 196 in canton AG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Vordemwald have?: Vordemwald has 2'026 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Vordemwald?: Vordemwald has 210 foreign residents, a share of 10.37% (2025).

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