Population
25'176↑0.8%
About Wil SG
City · St. Gallen
Wil is a town and political municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It has a small-town character and is an important center for the west of the canton, lower Toggenburg and Hinterthurgau. Wil had a population of 25,176 by the end of 2024. With 74,550 inhabitants, the agglomeration of Wil is the second-largest conurbation in Eastern Switzerland. The former political municipality of Bronschhofen has been part of the town of Wil since 1 January 2013. For more than 500 years, the prince-abbots of St. Gallen resided in the "Hof" of Wil; Wil is also called "Abbots Town" ("Äbtestadt") and is the third largest city in the canton of St. Gallen, after St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona.
Population
25'176
Tax multiplier
115%
Vacancy
0.92%
Wil SG in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
115%
Median taxable income
CHF 63'049
+15% vs CH
Vacancy
0.92%↓40.3%
- Agriculture49%
- Settlement32%
- Forest19%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
32.3%↑1.9%
Dwellings
12'391↑1.5%
Jobs (FTE)
12'498↑1.6%
90%
74%
Fibre
Housing market in Wil SG
The rental vacancy rate is 0.92%, 33% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 115%, roughly the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 63'049, 6% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Wil SG has 25'176 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
