Population
1'188↑0.1%
About Mase
City · Valais
Mason Durell Betha, known professionally as Mase, is an American rapper. Best known for his work with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records, he signed with the label in 1996 and quickly found mainstream recognition as Combs' hype man. He guest appeared on Combs' 1997 single "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100, while his first two singles as a lead artist, "Feel So Good" and "What You Want", both peaked within the chart's top ten. Released in October of that year, his debut studio album, Harlem World (1997), peaked atop the Billboard 200 chart, received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and spawned his third top ten single as a lead artist, "Lookin' at Me". Furthermore, his guest performances on labelmate the Notorious B.I.G.'s single "Mo Money Mo Problems" and Combs' "Been Around the World" peaked at numbers one and two on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively, that same year.
Population
1'188
Tax multiplier
135%
Mase in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.135%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 35'300↑5.7%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 38'650↑1.6%
70%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
1.35%↑28.6%
Above average in canton
- Forest42%
- Agriculture31%
- Other23%
- Settlement4%
Foreign residents
14.0%↑4.3%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
1'630↑0.7%
Jobs (FTE)
129↓12.2%
38%
Housing market in Mase
The rental vacancy rate is 1.35%, 13% above the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 135%, 16% above the cantonal average (117 %). Median taxable income is CHF 51'300, 17% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Mase has 1'188 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
