Population
28'779↑0.5%
About Rapperswil SG
City · St. Gallen
Rapperswil is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the constituency of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich.
Population
28'779
Tax multiplier
74%
Rapperswil SG in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
74%
Median taxable income
CHF 69'661
+27% vs CH
Vacancy
1.98%↓0.5%
- Settlement33%
- Agriculture33%
- Forest30%
- Other4%
Foreign residents
20.2%↑0.6%
Dwellings
14'444↑1.2%
Jobs (FTE)
13'878↓0.8%
90%
43%
Fibre
Housing market in Rapperswil SG
The rental vacancy rate is 1.98%, 44% above the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 74%, 34% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 69'661, 4% above the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Rapperswil SG has 28'779 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
