Population
10'389↑1.1%
About Rorschach
City · St. Gallen
Rorschach is a municipality in the district of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is on the south side of Lake Constance (Bodensee).
Population
10'389
Tax multiplier
129%
Rorschach in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.129%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 40'400↑1.3%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 45'700↑1.6%
72%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
2.15%↓4.9%
Top 10% in canton
- Settlement94%
- Agriculture6%
- Forest1%
Foreign residents
52.5%↓0.4%
Top 10% in canton
Median price
CHF 7'497/ m²
−12% vs CH
Dwellings
5'814↑1.1%
Jobs (FTE)
3'888↓0.8%
87%
8%
Fibre
Property market in Rorschach
The rental vacancy rate is 2.15%, 57% above the cantonal average (1.37 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 129%, 14% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 48'700, 21% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Rorschach has 10'389 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
