Population
9'634↓0.4%
About Elm
City · Glarus
Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North America and Eurasia, ranging southward in Western Asia to Iran, in Africa to Libya, and in Southeast Asia into Indonesia.
Population
9'634
Tax multiplier
63%
Elm in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.63%
Median taxable income
CHF 44'300↑0.9%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 48'850↑0.7%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
60%
0.59%↑37.2%
Below average in CH
- Other43%
- Agriculture29%
- Forest27%
- Settlement2%
Foreign residents
20.0%↑1.1%
Middle in CH
Median price
CHF 5'625/ m²
−34% vs CH
Dwellings
7'119↑2.0%
Jobs (FTE)
3'577↓2.9%
71%
Property market in Elm
The rental vacancy rate is 0.59%, 3% below the cantonal average (0.61 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 63%, roughly the cantonal average (62 %). Median taxable income is CHF 51'800, 16% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Elm has 9'634 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
