Population
2'370↓2.6%
About Eggersriet
Municipality · St. Gallen
Eggersriet is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
2'370
Tax multiplier
120%
Eggersriet in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.120%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 52'700↑1.4%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 60'150↓0.4%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.91%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture56%
- Forest33%
- Settlement10%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
9.1%↓19.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
Dwellings
1'099
Jobs (FTE)
298↓2.6%
90%
4%
Fibre
Housing market in Eggersriet
The rental vacancy rate is 0.91%, 34% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 120%, 6% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 62'650, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Eggersriet has 2'370 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
