Population
4'168↑0.4%
About Schmerikon
City · St. Gallen
Schmerikon is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In the local Swiss German dialect it is called Schmerike.
Population
4'168
Tax multiplier
113%
Schmerikon in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.113%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 52'000↑2.6%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 58'500↑2.5%
80%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.89%↑97.8%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture38%
- Settlement31%
- Forest21%
- Other11%
Foreign residents
27.6%↑0.5%
Above average in canton
Median rent
CHF 27/ m²
+50% vs CH
Dwellings
2'022↑1.1%
Jobs (FTE)
1'473↑0.3%
88%
Housing market in Schmerikon
The rental vacancy rate is 0.89%, 35% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 113%, roughly the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 60'200, 3% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Schmerikon has 4'168 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).