Population
10'401↑1.3%
About Eschenbach (SG)
Municipality · St. Gallen
Eschenbach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel merged into the municipality of Eschenbach.
Population
10'401
Tax multiplier
117%
Eschenbach (SG) in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.117%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 50'000↑1.0%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 56'000↑1.1%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.20%↓9.1%
Bottom 10% in canton
- Agriculture55%
- Forest35%
- Settlement8%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
18.4%↑2.3%
Middle in canton
Median price
CHF 7'651/ m²
−10% vs CH
Dwellings
5'000
Jobs (FTE)
3'287↑0.9%
87%
Property market in Eschenbach (SG)
The rental vacancy rate is 0.20%, 85% below the cantonal average (1.37 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 117%, 3% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 58'400, 6% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Eschenbach (SG) has 10'401 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).