Population
10'710↑0.2%
About Val-de-Travers
Municipality · Neuchâtel
Val-de-Travers is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers.
Population
10'710
Tax multiplier
76%
Val-de-Travers in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.76%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 39'200↑1.3%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 44'200↑1.1%
69%
Cantonal tax multiplier
124%
2.14%↑13.8%
Top quartile in canton
- Forest50%
- Agriculture43%
- Settlement6%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
20.6%↑1.1%
Above average in canton
Median rent
CHF 13/ m²
−30% vs CH
Dwellings
6'449↑1.0%
Jobs (FTE)
4'777↑1.0%
83%
Housing market in Val-de-Travers
The rental vacancy rate is 2.14%, 16% above the cantonal average (1.85 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 76%, 10% above the cantonal average (69 %). Median taxable income is CHF 48'300, 22% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Val-de-Travers has 10'710 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
