Population
4'762↑0.8%
About Oberbüren
City · St. Gallen
Oberbüren is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
4'762
Tax multiplier
100%
Oberbüren in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.100%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 54'300↑0.4%
Top 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 60'644↑0.9%
81%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.53%↓54.7%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture63%
- Forest20%
- Settlement15%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
13.8%↑2.7%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 28/ m²
+56% vs CH
Dwellings
2'075↑1.2%
Jobs (FTE)
2'991↓1.0%
93%
56%
Fibre
Housing market in Oberbüren
The rental vacancy rate is 0.53%, 61% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 100%, 12% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 61'500, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Oberbüren has 4'762 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
