
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.
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).
4.2 kmCHF 1'840 /month
3.5 rooms · 90 m²
Oberrieterstrasse 33, 9462 Montlingen
4.3 kmCHF 3'560 /month
5.5 rooms · 165 m²
Industriestrasse 40a, 9463 Oberriet
CHF 2'245 /month
4.5 rooms · 111 m²
9437 Marbach

CHF 1'050 /month
3 rooms
Bahnhofstrasse 25, 9445 Rebstein
CHF 1'730 /month
2 rooms · 108 m²
Balgacherstrasse 7, 9445 Rebstein
1.5 rooms · 29 m²
Weedstrasse 12, 9445 Rebstein
33 apartments 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 16 per m² per month. For an 80 m² property that works out to roughly CHF 1'304 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.