Population
2'363↓0.8%
About Krauchthal
City · Bern
Krauchthal is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Population
2'363
Tax multiplier
169%
Krauchthal in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.169%↓5.6%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 52'200↓1.1%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 58'000↓3.0%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
1.19%↓17.9%
Middle in canton
- Forest50%
- Agriculture43%
- Settlement7%
- Other0%
Foreign residents
6.8%↑4.0%
Below average in canton
Median rent
CHF 18/ m²
±0% vs CH
Dwellings
1'176↑0.3%
Jobs (FTE)
416↓1.2%
89%
1%
Fibre
Housing market in Krauchthal
The rental vacancy rate is 1.19%, 8% above the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 169%, 3% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 61'000, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Krauchthal has 2'363 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
