Population
14'038↑0.8%
About Buchs (SG)
Municipality · St. Gallen
Buchs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It serves as an important economic and transport hub, situated on the border with Liechtenstein. Buchs officially became a town in 2002.
Population
14'038
Tax multiplier
118%
Buchs (SG) in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
118%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 63'599
Middle in canton
Vacancy
1.01%↓50.0%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture37%
- Forest28%
- Settlement28%
- Other7%
Foreign residents
45.0%↑0.6%
Top 10% in canton
Dwellings
6'832↑1.5%
Jobs (FTE)
6'482↑1.7%
88%
64%
Fibre
Housing market in Buchs (SG)
The rental vacancy rate is 1.01%, 26% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 118%, 5% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 63'599, 5% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Buchs (SG) has 14'038 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
