Population
1'763↓1.0%
About Härkingen
Municipality · Solothurn
Härkingen is a municipality in the district of Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
Population
1'763
Tax multiplier
89%
Härkingen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.89%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 56'300↑0.9%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 61'000↓0.8%
83%
Cantonal tax multiplier
104%
0.85%↓12.4%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture48%
- Settlement31%
- Forest21%
Foreign residents
16.3%↓7.0%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
824↓0.1%
Jobs (FTE)
3'109↑3.7%
92%
1%
Fibre
Housing market in Härkingen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.85%, 59% below the cantonal average (2.06 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 89%, 24% below the cantonal average (117 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 60'500, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Härkingen has 1'763 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
