Population
2'040↓0.8%
About Altishofen
Municipality · Lucerne
Altishofen is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Ebersecken merged into Altishofen.
Population
2'040
Tax multiplier
185%
Altishofen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.185%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 51'500↑1.4%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 57'400↑0.9%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
145%↓6.5%
0.24%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture66%
- Forest26%
- Settlement8%
- Other0%
Foreign residents
20.1%↑1.6%
Above average in canton
Dwellings
833
Jobs (FTE)
2'609↑5.1%
93%
Housing market in Altishofen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.24%, 69% below the cantonal average (0.78 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 185%, 4% above the cantonal average (179 %). Median taxable income is CHF 58'200, 6% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Altishofen has 2'040 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
