Population
1'647↑1.4%
About Pfäfers
Municipality · St. Gallen
Pfäfers is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The villages belonging to this municipality include: Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Vadura, Valens, Vasön, and Vättis.
Population
1'647
Tax multiplier
136%
Pfäfers in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.136%↓2.2%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 45'350↑1.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 51'550↑1.7%
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.35%↓43.5%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Other40%
- Forest31%
- Agriculture28%
- Settlement1%
Foreign residents
15.5%↓3.3%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
1'143↑1.2%
Jobs (FTE)
817↓0.5%
68%
Housing market in Pfäfers
The rental vacancy rate is 0.35%, 74% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 136%, 20% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 54'500, 12% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Pfäfers has 1'647 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
