
Municipality · St. Gallen
Altstätten is a small historic rural town and a municipality in the district Rhine Valley, in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located with some secure distance of about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west from the Alpine Rhine in the flat and wide St. Gall Rhine Valley, which also designates the border with Austria. It further gives access to the higher situated Appenzell to the west.
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The rental vacancy rate is 1.06%, 23% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 107%, 5% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 53'600, 13% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Altstätten has 12'788 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
26 apartments & houses are currently listed to rent in Altstätten on Homematch. The selection updates throughout the day as agencies publish new listings.
The median asking rent in Altstätten is around CHF 17 per m² per month. For an 80 m² property that works out to roughly CHF 1'360 per month — actual prices vary by neighbourhood, condition and amenities.
Altstätten is located in the canton of St. Gallen.
Altstätten has approximately 12'788 residents.
The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) in Altstätten is 107% of the cantonal base rate. Note: this is a multiplier of the cantonal income tax, not an effective tax rate.
4.3 kmCHF 2'150 /month
4.5 rooms · 104 m²
Kronengasse 2, 9463 Oberriet SG

CHF 3'560 /month
5.5 rooms · 165 m²
Industriestrasse 40a, 9463 Oberriet
CHF 1'490 /month
3.5 rooms · 90 m²
Adlerstrasse 14, 9463 Oberriet SG
CHF 2'245 /month
4.5 rooms · 111 m²
9437 Marbach