Population
2'936↓1.5%
About Mühlrüti
City · St. Gallen
Mühlrüti is a small town in the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Mosnang in Toggenburg, in hilly northeastern Switzerland. The population of about 400 people works mainly in the dairy farming industry.
Population
2'936
Tax multiplier
129%
Mühlrüti in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.129%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 45'400↑5.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 51'800↑3.6%
72%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.68%↓1.4%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture48%
- Forest47%
- Settlement4%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
6.3%↓6.5%
Bottom 10% in canton
Dwellings
1'324↑1.5%
Jobs (FTE)
863↓0.7%
86%
Housing market in Mühlrüti
The rental vacancy rate is 0.68%, 50% 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 53'700, 13% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Mühlrüti has 2'936 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
