Population
4'150↓0.3%
About 8716 Schmerikon
Postal code · St. Gallen
Schmerikon is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In the local Swiss German dialect it is called Schmerike.
Population
4'150
Tax multiplier
113%
8716 Schmerikon in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
113%
Median taxable income
CHF 65'858
+20% vs CH
Vacancy
0.89%↑97.8%
- Agriculture36%
- Settlement32%
- Forest21%
- Other11%
Foreign residents
27.5%↑1.6%
Dwellings
2'022↑1.1%
Jobs (FTE)
1'469↑3.2%
88%
4%
Fibre
Housing market in 8716 Schmerikon
The rental vacancy rate is 0.89%, 35% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 113%, roughly the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 65'858, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 67'216). 8716 Schmerikon has 4'150 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
