Population
23'550↑0.6%
About Kreuzlingen
City · Thurgau
Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second-largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of about 22,000. Together with the adjoining city of Konstanz just across the border in Germany, Kreuzlingen is part of the largest conurbation on Lake Constance with a population of almost 120,000.
Population
23'550
Tax multiplier
136%
Kreuzlingen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.136%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 49'000↑1.0%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 54'500↑0.9%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
109%
1.29%↑11.2%
Middle in canton
- Settlement50%
- Forest27%
- Agriculture20%
- Other3%
Foreign residents
57.2%↓0.2%
Top 10% in canton
Median rent
CHF 21/ m²
+16% vs CH
Dwellings
12'403↑1.3%
Jobs (FTE)
8'952↓1.5%
90%
8%
Fibre
Housing market in Kreuzlingen
The rental vacancy rate is 1.29%, 9% below the cantonal average (1.42 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 136%, 6% below the cantonal average (145 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 59'000, 5% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Kreuzlingen has 23'550 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
