Population
2'157↑0.7%
About Lichtensteig
City · St. Gallen
Lichtensteig is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
2'157
Tax multiplier
129%
Lichtensteig in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.129%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 43'700↑2.3%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 48'000↑2.3%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.08%↑18.7%
Middle in canton
- Forest44%
- Agriculture31%
- Settlement21%
- Other4%
Foreign residents
23.9%↑4.3%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
1'204↓0.4%
Jobs (FTE)
373↓5.1%
89%
Housing market in Lichtensteig
The rental vacancy rate is 1.08%, 21% 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 50'750, 18% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Lichtensteig has 2'157 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).