Population
6'670↑0.8%
About Sargans
Municipality · St. Gallen
Sargans is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
6'670
Tax multiplier
129%
Sargans in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.129%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 47'800
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 53'200↑0.1%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.90%↑15.4%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture38%
- Forest34%
- Settlement21%
- Other7%
Foreign residents
32.0%↑0.2%
Top quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 18/ m²
+2% vs CH
Dwellings
3'222↑0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
3'430↑6.4%
90%
Housing market in Sargans
The rental vacancy rate is 0.90%, 34% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 129%, 14% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 54'800, 12% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Sargans has 6'670 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
