Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
572 48.5%
Men
607 51.5%
Children & youth (0–19)
261 22.1%
Swiss citizens
941 79.8%
Foreign residents
238 20.2%
Population density
97 pop./km²
0–19 · 261 · 22.1%20–64 · 684 · 58.0%65+ · 234 · 19.8%
Foreign residents 20.2%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +8 (+0.7%) · 7 births · 5 deaths · net migration +8
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
15.7% YesNo 84.3%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 33.5% Yes
44.5% YesNo 55.5%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 56.4% Yes
66.9% YesNo 33.1%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 48.8% Yes
66.5% YesNo 33.5%
14.06.2026Änderung der Kantonsverfassung zur Anpassung der FinanzkompetenzenCantonal TG● Accepted · 57.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 58.8% Yes
47.9% YesNo 52.1%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 43.1% Yes
36.1% YesNo 63.9%
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
14.0% YesNo 86.0%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 43.4% Yes
48.1% YesNo 51.9%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Kreuzlingen: 39.6% Yes
54.3% YesNo 45.7%
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
69.1% YesNo 30.9%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP57.8% · strongest party
SVP57.8%
Mitte11.0%
SP6.5%
FDP6.1%
GRÜNE5.9%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier134%
Cantonal tax multiplier109%
134%TG range 94%175%
Tax rank 16 of 80 in canton ThurgauTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
12'667 CHF(12.7%)
Rank 16 of 80 in the canton · 424 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:12'667 CHF(~12.7%)
WäldiCanton range ThurgauSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Wäldi | Thurgau | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 5.9% | 5–6.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 7.6% | 6.4–8.8% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 9.1% | 7.7–10.6% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 10.3% | 8.8–11.9% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 11.2% | 9.5–12.9% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 11.8% | 10.1–13.6% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 12.7% | 10.9–14.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 13.5% | 11.6–15.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 14.1% | 12.2–16.1% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 14.8% | 12.8–16.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 15.4% | 13.4–17.5% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 15.9% | 13.9–18.1% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 17.3% | 15.1–19.5% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 18.6% | 16.3–20.9% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 19.7% | 17.4–22.1% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 20.7% | 18.3–23.2% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 21.5% | 19.1–24% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 22.2% | 19.7–24.8% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.1 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020947 mm
9.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
621 m
Mean elevation
551 m
Relief
159 m
Mean slope
3°
Flat share
86.5%
South-facing
9.1%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 159 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
26.1 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
33.3 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
5'800
Per inhabitant
22'163 kWh/yr
26 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
34.24 Rp./kWh
Energy
16 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
14.55 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.3 Rp./kWh
34.24 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.29 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Politische Gemeinde Wäldi, Werkbetrieb
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
0.92 %
Second homes
13.4 %
Avg. rooms
4.5
Dwellings
544
Built before 194628.7%
Built since 200133.3%
0.92 %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
468
Workplaces
127
Services share
58.3 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 108 (23.1%) · Secondary 87 (18.6%) · Tertiary 273 (58.3%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
37
Organic share
21.6 %
Farmland
743 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 municipalities1'179 #68 TG · #1340 CHGrowing municipalities0.7% #46 TG · #982 CHShrinking municipalities0.7% #35 TG · #1131 CHJobs per resident0.4 #37 TG · #862 CHFamilies & children22.1% #22 TG · #527 CHAge structure19.8% #35 TG · #1296 CHWomen share48.5% #62 TG · #1718 CHForeign residents20.2% #37 TG · #848 CHPopulation density97/km² #73 TG · #1491 CHTax burden12'667 #16 TG · #424 CHTaxes134% #16 TGWarmest municipalities9.1 °C #69 TG · #1325 CHSunniest municipalities39.3% #59 TG · #2071 CHRainiest municipalities947 mm #49 TG · #1826 CHVoter turnout58.9% #29 TG · #717 CHAgainst Switzerland31.4% #2 TG · #47 CHAligned with Switzerland68.6% #68 TG · #1416 CHSVP strongholds57.8% #6 TG · #77 CHSP strongholds6.5% #56 TG · #1833 CHCentre strongholds11% #72 TG · #1117 CHFDP strongholds6.1% #68 TG · #1781 CHGLP strongholds3.7% #75 TG · #1463 CHGreen strongholds5.9% #67 TG · #1361 CHLargest by area12.2 km² #28 TG · #802 CHHighest municipalities610 m #5 TG · #791 CHSecond homes13.4% #13 TG · #725 CHOrganic farming21.6% #24 TG · #571 CHBest-connected municipalities94 min #46 TG · #1633 CHRemotest municipalities94 min #35 TG · #489 CHHighest peaks621 m #38 TG · #1458 CHHighest-lying municipalities551 m #17 TG · #1214 CHGreatest vertical range159 m #48 TG · #1540 CHSteepest municipalities3° #63 TG · #1902 CHSolar potential26 GWh #41 TG · #793 CHSolar potential per capita22'163 kWh #3 TG · #136 CHCheapest electricity34.24 Rp./kWh #67 TG · #2067 CHMost expensive electricity34.24 Rp./kWh #13 TG · #40 CH
Postal codes (2)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 8Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Wäldi?
- Wäldi has 2 postal codes: 8558, 8564.
- What is the tax rate in Wäldi?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Wäldi is 134% (2026); canton TG levies 109%.
- How much tax do you pay in Wäldi?
- A single person without children pays about 12'667 CHF income tax in Wäldi on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 16 of 80 in canton TG. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Wäldi have?
- Wäldi has 1'179 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Wäldi?
- Wäldi has 238 foreign residents, a share of 20.19% (2025).
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