Population
10'158↑0.9%
About Hochdorf
Municipality · Lucerne
Hochdorf may refer toHochdorf, Lucerne, a municipality in Switzerland Hochdorf (district), a district (Amt) in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland Hochdorf, Esslingen, a municipality in the district of Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Hochdorf, Biberach, a municipality in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Hochdorf an der Enz, a part of the town of Eberdingen Hochdorf, Nagold, a part of the town of Nagold, Baden-Württemberg, Germany The Celtic Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, in Hochdorf an der Enz Hochdorf, Lower Silesia, a former German municipality that passed under Polish sovereignty in 1945; until that date Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck and his son, Guido Otto, had an estate here. Hochdorf, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, a German village that was merged with Assenheim to form Hochdorf-Assenheim.
Population
10'158
Tax multiplier
190%
Hochdorf in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.190%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 49'800↑1.0%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 55'402↓0.4%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
145%↓6.5%
0.20%↓51.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture59%
- Settlement29%
- Forest11%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
23.2%↓0.5%
Top quartile in canton
Dwellings
4'500↑2.5%
Jobs (FTE)
4'248↑2.7%
94%
Housing market in Hochdorf
The rental vacancy rate is 0.20%, 75% below the cantonal average (0.78 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 190%, 6% above the cantonal average (179 %). Median taxable income is CHF 58'200, 6% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Hochdorf has 10'158 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).