Population
5'168↑0.9%
About Wangs
City · St. Gallen
Vilters-Wangs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
5'168
Tax multiplier
117%
Wangs in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.117%↓2.5%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 50'200↑3.7%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 56'325↑3.4%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.53%↑8.5%
Top quartile in canton
- Agriculture44%
- Forest35%
- Other14%
- Settlement6%
Foreign residents
17.4%↓1.5%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
2'484↑0.1%
Jobs (FTE)
1'406↓0.4%
86%
3%
Fibre
Housing market in Wangs
The rental vacancy rate is 1.53%, 12% above the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 117%, 3% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 57'800, 7% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Wangs has 5'168 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
