Population
1'321↑0.4%
About Grächen
Municipality · Valais
Grächen is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Population
1'321
Tax multiplier
140%
Grächen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.140%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 26'950↑2.9%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 30'800↑6.9%
64%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
0.42%↓19.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Forest55%
- Other26%
- Agriculture13%
- Settlement7%
Foreign residents
15.2%↑6.0%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
2'143↑1.3%
Jobs (FTE)
405↓1.2%
31%
Housing market in Grächen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.42%, 65% below the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 140%, 20% above the cantonal average (117 %). Median taxable income is CHF 45'900, 26% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Grächen has 1'321 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
