Population
1'278↓0.3%
About Hochwald
City · Solothurn
Hochwald may refer to:Hochwald, Switzerland, district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn Hochwald, a mountain in the Zittau Mountains, Saxony, Germany Hochwald, a mountain in the Swabian Jura, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Hochwald, a peak in the Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Hochwald, a part of the town of Waldbröl in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Hukvaldy, a village in the Czech Republic, known as Hochwald in German Hochwald (Alsace), a hill ridge in north Alsace, southwest of Wissembourg, France Osburger Hochwald, a region of the Hunsrück mountains in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ouvrage Hochwald, a fortification on the Maginot Line in the Bas-Rhin department of northeastern France Schwarzwälder Hochwald, a region of the Hunsrück mountains in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Uedemer Hochwald, a forested ridge west of the German town of Xanten and the place of Operation Blockbuster in World War II
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%
Property market in Hochwald
The rental vacancy rate is 1.60%, 22% below the cantonal average (2.06 %). 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).
