What is the postal code of Wahlen?

The postal code of Wahlen is 4246.

What is the tax rate in Wahlen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wahlen is 60% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Wahlen?

A single person without children pays about 16'264 CHF income tax in Wahlen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 43 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wahlen have?

Wahlen has 1'653 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wahlen?

Wahlen has 298 foreign residents, a share of 18.03% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BL · Bezirk Laufen

Wahlen

4246

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

822 49.7%

Men

831 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

337 20.4%

Swiss citizens

1'355 82.0%

Foreign residents

298 18.0%

Population density

306 pop./km²

0–19 · 337 · 20.4%20–64 · 989 · 59.8%65+ · 327 · 19.8%

Foreign residents 18.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +61 (+3.8%) · 15 births · 15 deaths · net migration +58

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 Wahlen

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 Laufen: 26.7% Yes

25.5% YesNo 74.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 34.8% Yes

45.1% YesNo 54.9%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: StichfrageCantonal BL● Rejected · 36.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 42.7% Yes

48.3% YesNo 51.7%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: GegenvorschlagCantonal BL● Rejected · 43.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 42.6% Yes

34.6% YesNo 65.4%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der MehrwertabgabeCantonal BL● Rejected · 31.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 35.9% Yes

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 54.2% Yes

57.5% YesNo 42.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 55.9% Yes

70.6% YesNo 29.4%

14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BL● Accepted · 56.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 48.9% Yes

39.9% YesNo 60.1%

14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BL● Rejected · 44.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 53.5% Yes

56.2% YesNo 43.9%

14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BL● Accepted · 53.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 46.3% Yes

36.3% YesNo 63.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP48.1% · strongest party

SVP48.1%

Mitte14.5%

SP12.8%

FDP10.4%

GRÜNE6.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier60%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

60%BL range 45%72%

Tax rank 43 of 86 in canton Basel-Landschaft

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'264 CHF(16.3%)

Rank 43 of 86 in the canton · 1431 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'264 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Pfeffingen 14'899 CHF · most expensive Waldenburg 17'356 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'264 CHF(~16.3%)

WahlenCanton range Basel-LandschaftSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wahlen	Basel-Landschaft	Switzerland median
40'000	6.3%	5.7–6.7%	5.4%
50'000	8.6%	7.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10.6%	9.7–11.4%	10.5%
70'000	12.3%	11.3–13.2%	11.9%
80'000	13.7%	12.6–14.7%	13.1%
90'000	14.9%	13.7–16%	14.1%
100'000	16.3%	14.9–17.4%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	16–18.6%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	17–19.7%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	17.9–20.7%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	18.7–21.7%	19%
150'000	21.2%	19.5–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	21.3–24.5%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	22.8–26.2%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	24.1–27.6%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	25.3–28.8%	25.8%
275'000	28.3%	26.3–29.9%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	27.1–30.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020956 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

757 m

Mean elevation

478 m

Relief

376 m

Mean slope

8.6°

Flat share

42.4%

South-facing

2.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 376 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

10.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

14.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'400

Per inhabitant

6'479 kWh/yr

11 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

25.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

25.59 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 31.21 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 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.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300635 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Basel-Landschaft479 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Wahlen →Canton Basel-Landschaft →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Basel-Landschaft. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Basel-Landschaft (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.78 %

Second homes

11.5 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

765

Built before 194616.6%

Built since 200132.2%

0.78 %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

215

Workplaces

Services share

68.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 41 (19.1%) · Secondary 26 (12.1%) · Tertiary 148 (68.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

299 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 49 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 38 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 36/86 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2792

Websitewahlen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Laufen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wahlen ranks

Largest municipalities1'653 #36 BL · #1091 CH Growing municipalities3.8% #4 BL · #105 CH Shrinking municipalities3.8% #83 BL · #2006 CH Jobs per resident0.13 #80 BL · #2038 CH Families & children20.4% #21 BL · #1007 CH Age structure19.8% #75 BL · #1288 CH Women share49.7% #51 BL · #1133 CH Foreign residents18% #40 BL · #1043 CH Population density306/km² #44 BL · #771 CH Tax burden16'264 #50 BL · #1439 CH Taxes60% #43 BL Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #32 BL · #330 CH Sunniest municipalities41.5% #32 BL · #1224 CH Rainiest municipalities956 mm #69 BL · #1798 CH Voter turnout48.4% #74 BL · #1898 CH Against Switzerland30.4% #1 BL · #61 CH Aligned with Switzerland69.6% #49 BL · #1397 CH SVP strongholds48.1% #10 BL · #293 CH SP strongholds12.8% #75 BL · #1188 CH Centre strongholds14.5% #14 BL · #862 CH FDP strongholds10.4% #54 BL · #1350 CH GLP strongholds5% #62 BL · #1196 CH Green strongholds6.9% #72 BL · #1122 CH Largest by area5.4 km² #45 BL · #1498 CH Highest municipalities417 m #55 BL · #1798 CH Second homes11.5% #27 BL · #972 CH Organic farming20% #31 BL · #631 CH Best-connected municipalities49 min #48 BL · #434 CH Remotest municipalities49 min #36 BL · #1672 CH Highest peaks757 m #27 BL · #1066 CH Highest-lying municipalities478 m #51 BL · #1541 CH Greatest vertical range376 m #26 BL · #854 CH Steepest municipalities8.6° #67 BL · #1053 CH Solar potential11 GWh #42 BL · #1495 CH Solar potential per capita6'479 kWh #58 BL · #1760 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #8 BL · #721 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #82 BL · #1584 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4246

Wahlen b. Laufen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Wahlen b. Laufen4246

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wahlen?: The postal code of Wahlen is 4246.
What is the tax rate in Wahlen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wahlen is 60% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Wahlen?: A single person without children pays about 16'264 CHF income tax in Wahlen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 43 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wahlen have?: Wahlen has 1'653 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wahlen?: Wahlen has 298 foreign residents, a share of 18.03% (2025).

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