What is the postal code of Wangen?

Wangen has 3 postal codes: 8853, 8854, 8855.

What is the tax rate in Wangen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wangen is 165% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Wangen?

A single person without children pays about 7'890 CHF income tax in Wangen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wangen have?

Wangen has 5'574 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wangen?

Wangen has 985 foreign residents, a share of 17.67% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk March

Wangen

8853–8855

SZ CANTON8853 8854 8855

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'791 50.1%

Men

2'783 49.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'063 19.1%

Swiss citizens

4'589 82.3%

Foreign residents

985 17.7%

Population density

507 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'063 · 19.1%20–64 · 3'353 · 60.2%65+ · 1'158 · 20.8%

Foreign residents 17.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −9 (−0.2%) · 46 births · 41 deaths · net migration −14

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 Wangen

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

21.1% YesNo 78.9%

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

43.6% YesNo 56.4%

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

59.3% YesNo 40.7%

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

66.5% YesNo 33.6%

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

44.9% YesNo 55.1%

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

34.6% YesNo 65.4%

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

15.1% YesNo 84.9%

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

47.5% YesNo 52.5%

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

48.0% YesNo 52.0%

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

68.7% YesNo 31.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.7% · strongest party

SVP37.7%

FDP20.3%

Mitte15.0%

SP12.9%

Übrige8.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier165%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

165%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 20 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

7'890 CHF(7.9%)

Rank 20 of 30 in the canton · 31 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:7'890 CHF(~7.9%)

WangenCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wangen	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	2.6%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	4.1%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	5%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	5.9%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	6.5%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	7.1%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	7.9%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	8.6%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	9.1%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	9.7%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	10.2%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	10.7%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	11.8%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	12.8%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	13.7%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	14.5%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	15.2%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	15.7%	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 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'429 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

628 m

Mean elevation

429 m

Relief

222 m

Mean slope

2.9°

Flat share

84.4%

South-facing

4.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 222 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

39.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

53.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'700

Per inhabitant

7'020 kWh/yr

39 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

30.45 Rp./kWh

Energy

15.27 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.42 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

30.45 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Gemeinde Wangen SZ, 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 Wangen →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

0.68 %

Second homes

9.1 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

2'650

Built before 194612.7%

Built since 200131.2%

0.68 %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

2'145

Workplaces

492

Services share

64.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 99 (4.6%) · Secondary 672 (31.3%) · Tertiary 1'374 (64.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

478 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 67 min · Car 41 min

AgglomerationPT 16 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 25/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1349

Websitewangensz.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk March

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wangen ranks

Largest municipalities5'574 #12 SZ · #376 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #23 SZ · #1510 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #8 SZ · #595 CH Jobs per resident0.38 #15 SZ · #919 CH Families & children19.1% #14 SZ · #1416 CH Age structure20.8% #12 SZ · #1074 CH Women share50.1% #2 SZ · #858 CH Foreign residents17.7% #18 SZ · #1075 CH Population density507/km² #5 SZ · #495 CH Tax burden7'890 #23 SZ · #34 CH Taxes165% #20 SZ Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #5 SZ · #320 CH Sunniest municipalities43.6% #21 SZ · #908 CH Rainiest municipalities1'429 mm #20 SZ · #315 CH Voter turnout58.2% #25 SZ · #803 CH Against Switzerland25.5% #15 SZ · #202 CH Aligned with Switzerland74.5% #11 SZ · #1239 CH SVP strongholds37.7% #17 SZ · #790 CH SP strongholds12.9% #5 SZ · #1174 CH Centre strongholds15% #16 SZ · #824 CH FDP strongholds20.3% #9 SZ · #429 CH GLP strongholds3% #13 SZ · #1584 CH Green strongholds2.2% #12 SZ · #1942 CH Largest by area11 km² #25 SZ · #892 CH Highest municipalities424 m #26 SZ · #1747 CH Second homes9.1% #22 SZ · #1394 CH Organic farming0% #29 SZ · #1709 CH Best-connected municipalities67 min #6 SZ · #987 CH Remotest municipalities67 min #25 SZ · #1114 CH Highest peaks628 m #28 SZ · #1427 CH Highest-lying municipalities429 m #29 SZ · #1873 CH Greatest vertical range222 m #28 SZ · #1262 CH Steepest municipalities2.9° #29 SZ · #1911 CH Solar potential39 GWh #9 SZ · #479 CH Solar potential per capita7'020 kWh #15 SZ · #1672 CH Cheapest electricity30.45 Rp./kWh #21 SZ · #1836 CH Most expensive electricity30.45 Rp./kWh #10 SZ · #271 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Lachen SZ8853 Siebnen8854 Wangen SZ8855

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wangen?: Wangen has 3 postal codes: 8853, 8854, 8855.
What is the tax rate in Wangen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wangen is 165% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Wangen?: A single person without children pays about 7'890 CHF income tax in Wangen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wangen have?: Wangen has 5'574 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wangen?: Wangen has 985 foreign residents, a share of 17.67% (2025).

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