Population
662↓0.2%
About Obergoms
Municipality · Valais
Obergoms is the upper part of the Goms and a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2009 when the three municipalities Ulrichen, Obergesteln and Oberwald merged.
Population
662
Tax multiplier
110%
Obergoms in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.110%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 36'700↑5.8%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 40'900↑8.1%
67%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
1.04%↓1.0%
Middle in canton
- Other65%
- Agriculture22%
- Forest12%
- Settlement1%
Foreign residents
12.7%↑6.5%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
1'538↑0.9%
Jobs (FTE)
309↓0.6%
21%
Housing market in Obergoms
The rental vacancy rate is 1.04%, 13% below the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 110%, 6% below the cantonal average (117 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 50'700, 18% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Obergoms has 662 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).