Population
3'728↑0.5%
About Gams
Municipality · St. Gallen
Gams is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
3'728
Tax multiplier
115%
Gams in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
115%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 64'844
Middle in canton
Vacancy
0.35%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture57%
- Forest29%
- Settlement10%
- Other3%
Foreign residents
25.6%↓0.8%
Above average in canton
Dwellings
1'714
Jobs (FTE)
993↑2.2%
87%
52%
Fibre
Housing market in Gams
The rental vacancy rate is 0.35%, 74% 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 64'844, 4% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Gams has 3'728 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
