Population
3'736↑0.2%
About Gams
Municipality · St. Gallen
Gams is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
3'736
Tax multiplier
115%
Gams in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.115%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 48'750↑2.0%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 55'575↑2.9%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.35%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture57%
- Forest29%
- Settlement10%
- Other4%
Foreign residents
25.7%↑0.4%
Above average in canton
Median rent
CHF 18/ m²
+3% vs CH
Dwellings
1'714
Jobs (FTE)
992↓0.1%
87%
Housing market in Gams
The rental vacancy rate is 0.35%, 74% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 115%, roughly the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 57'800, 7% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Gams has 3'736 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
