Population
4'209↓0.2%
About Degersheim
Municipality · St. Gallen
Degersheim is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
4'209
Tax multiplier
138%
Degersheim in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.138%↓2.1%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 44'100↓0.7%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 49'850↓1.4%
70%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.22%↓23.8%
Above average in canton
- Agriculture51%
- Forest37%
- Settlement11%
- Other0%
Foreign residents
17.9%↓4.1%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
2'049↑2.5%
Jobs (FTE)
1'414↑3.8%
88%
58%
Fibre
Housing market in Degersheim
The rental vacancy rate is 1.22%, 11% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 138%, 22% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 53'700, 13% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Degersheim has 4'209 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
