Population
25'444↑1.1%
About Wil (SG)
Municipality · 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
25'444
Tax multiplier
115%
Wil (SG) in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.115%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 47'800↑0.6%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 53'500↑0.2%
75%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.92%↓40.3%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture49%
- Settlement32%
- Forest19%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
32.8%↑1.3%
Top quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 18/ m²
±0% vs CH
Dwellings
12'391↑1.5%
Jobs (FTE)
12'490↓0.1%
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 57'100, 8% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Wil (SG) has 25'444 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
