Population
3'438↑0.5%
About Adelboden
City · Bern
Adelboden is a mountain village and a municipality in Switzerland, located in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the Bernese Highlands.
Population
3'438
Tax multiplier
199%
Adelboden in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.199%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 38'700↑0.1%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 45'650↓0.5%
67%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.57%↑58.3%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture42%
- Other37%
- Forest19%
- Settlement3%
Foreign residents
11.3%↑3.2%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
4'386↓1.3%
Jobs (FTE)
1'722↓0.9%
34%
Housing market in Adelboden
The rental vacancy rate is 0.57%, 48% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 199%, 21% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 49'800, 20% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Adelboden has 3'438 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).