Population
1'506↑0.5%
About Messen
Municipality · Solothurn
Messen is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Balm bei Messen, Brunnenthal and Oberramsern merged into the municipality of Messen.
Population
1'506
Tax multiplier
113%
Messen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.113%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 53'200↓0.7%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 59'400↓2.0%
79%
Cantonal tax multiplier
104%
0.86%↓1.1%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture64%
- Forest28%
- Settlement8%
- Other0%
Foreign residents
4.7%↑0.9%
Bottom 10% in canton
Dwellings
698↑1.2%
Jobs (FTE)
286↓1.0%
90%
Housing market in Messen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.86%, 58% below the cantonal average (2.06 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 113%, 3% below the cantonal average (117 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 60'900, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Messen has 1'506 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
