Population
1'624↑1.4%
About Valens
City · St. Gallen
Pfäfers is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The villages belonging to this municipality include: Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Vadura, Valens, Vasön, and Vättis.
Population
1'624
Tax multiplier
139%
Valens in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
139%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 62'500
Below average in canton
Vacancy
0.35%↓43.5%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Other39%
- Forest32%
- Agriculture27%
- Settlement1%
Foreign residents
16.1%↑8.6%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
1'143↑1.2%
Jobs (FTE)
821↓10.8%
68%
16%
Fibre
Housing market in Valens
The rental vacancy rate is 0.35%, 74% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 139%, 23% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 62'500, 7% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Valens has 1'624 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
