Population
3'484↑2.4%
About Scherz
City · Aargau
Scherz is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Scherz merged into the municipality of Lupfig.
Population
3'484
Tax multiplier
110%
Scherz in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.110%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 55'900↑1.8%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 61'375↑2.4%
80%
Cantonal tax multiplier
103%↓7.2%
0.75%↓37.5%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture48%
- Forest28%
- Settlement24%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
23.6%↑0.4%
Above average in canton
Dwellings
1'600↑1.1%
Jobs (FTE)
2'765↑3.2%
92%
9%
Fibre
Housing market in Scherz
The rental vacancy rate is 0.75%, 37% below the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 110%, 6% above the cantonal average (104 %). Median taxable income is CHF 63'700, 3% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Scherz has 3'484 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
