Population
1'278↓0.3%
About Hochwald
City · Solothurn
Hochwald is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Hochwald means "high forest".
Population
1'278
Tax multiplier
116%
Hochwald in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.116%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 62'450↓1.0%
Top 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 67'950↓1.5%
81%
Cantonal tax multiplier
104%
1.60%↓33.6%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture45%
- Forest45%
- Settlement10%
Foreign residents
11.7%↑3.1%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
625↑0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
154↓2.5%
88%
1%
Fibre
Housing market in Hochwald
The rental vacancy rate is 1.60%, 22% below the cantonal average (2.06 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 116%, roughly the cantonal average (117 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 73'150, 18% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Hochwald has 1'278 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
