Municipality profile
Taxes & Cost of Living in Hauptwil-Gottshaus
Hauptwil-Gottshaus · Canton of TG
Here is how expensive life in Hauptwil-Gottshaus is compared to all ~2,100 municipalities in Switzerland — income tax, health insurance premium and electricity in one honest annual figure, calculated with the same engine as our address-precise location reports.
Total-cost rank 773 of 2,124 in Switzerland for a couple without children — about CHF 23,270 per year for tax, health insurance and electricity.
Tax rate Hauptwil-Gottshaus
254 % (total tax multiplier without church affiliation = canton + municipality)
Municipal tax rate 2025 as published by the canton. Tax rates are not comparable across cantons — the label states what the figure refers to. The amount in francs is in the table below.
Total annual cost by profile
Tax + health insurance + electricity per year for four standard households, with the rank among all Swiss municipalities and within the canton.
| Household | Total cost/year | Rank CH | Rank canton |
|---|---|---|---|
Single · CHF 80,000 Tax CHF 9,480 · health insurance 6,528 · electricity 1,614 | CHF 17,622 | 805 / 2,124 | 67 / 80 |
Couple, no children · CHF 100,000 Tax CHF 8,600 · health insurance 13,056 · electricity 1,614 | CHF 23,270 | 773 / 2,124 | 68 / 80 |
Family, 1 income · CHF 100,000 Tax CHF 4,840 · health insurance 15,624 · electricity 1,614 | CHF 22,078 | 890 / 2,124 | 73 / 80 |
Retired couple · CHF 80,000 Tax CHF 7,088 · health insurance 13,056 · electricity 1,614 | CHF 21,758 | 786 / 2,124 | 70 / 80 |
Tax split: municipality versus canton
How income tax is split across the levels of government — the municipal share is the lever that moving home shifts.
- Federal
- CHF 1,701
- Canton
- CHF 4,919
- Municipality
- CHF 6,770
- Church
- CHF 0
- Poll tax
- CHF 0
FTA reference profile: single earner with CHF 100,000 gross income, in CHF per year.
Tax-burden trend 2018 → 2026
13.2 % → 13.4 % of income
Up 0.16 percentage points
Reference profile of the FTA index: single, CHF 100,000 gross income. Shows where this municipality’s tax burden has moved — across Switzerland 1,605 municipalities became more expensive and 419 cheaper. Your own burden depends on income and household; the location report computes it.
Health insurance premium
CHF 544 per month
Cantonal median (no separate premium region)
Adults, standard model with deductible 300, median across all insurers (2026).
Electricity price
35.86 cent./kWh — CHF 1,614 per year
Standard household H4 (4,500 kWh), median of local grid operators, ElCom 2026.
Vacancy rate
1.33% vacant dwellings
FSO vacant-dwelling count, reference date 1 June 2025.
Second homes
13.2 % second-home share
Below the 20 % threshold at which the Second Homes Act blocks new second homes.
Source: ARE, housing inventory, second-home share.
Population & demographics
2,121 residents
+10.8% over ten years (2015 → 2025)
17% children · 18% aged 65+
Source: FSO (2025).
Climate and environment in the municipality
How many hot, cold, wet and foggy days per year — and how high the radon probability is. Measured at the municipal centroid.
Radon probability (%)
1
Radon: FOPH radon map, modelled exceedance probability at the municipal centroid.
What applies in canton TG
These three figures apply canton-wide, not just to this municipality — the data only exists at cantonal level.
Property transfer tax on purchase
1.00 % of the purchase price
No rate reduction, but full exemption in the case of a replacement purchase of a permanently + exclusively owner-occupied residential property (reinvestment of the proceeds).
Replacing a fossil heating system
Minimum renewable share required
At least 15 % renewable or equivalent savings when replacing the heating (since 1.1.2025; previously 10 % since 1.7.2020, from 2030 20 %).
As of 07/2026 · checked against the cantonal primary source
Property tax
Levied
0.5 ‰ of the taxable value
Cantonal tax of 0,5‰ of the market value, with no deduction of debts (§ 125 StG). 57% share for the political municipality, 43% for the canton.
As of 01.01.2025
Wealth tax structure
Proportional
The amount depends on your municipality’s tax multiplier — the location report computes it. This only shows how the canton structures the tariff.
As of 01.01.2024
Offences (canton)
52.0 per 1,000 inhabitants
FSO police crime statistics 2025, offences under the Criminal Code by canton.
Cost map of the Canton of TG
Each municipality is coloured by its total annual cost; Hauptwil-Gottshaus is highlighted.
Click any municipality to open it. Blue outline: cheaper than here.
To the interactive cost-of-living map →Cheaper neighbouring municipalities
Nearest municipalities with lower total cost for a couple without children (CHF 100,000):
Nearby municipalities
The municipalities closest to Hauptwil-Gottshaus — with the same cost data.
Where Hauptwil-Gottshaus stands nationally
The same figures, compared with every municipality.
Frequently asked questions about Hauptwil-Gottshaus
- How high are the taxes in Hauptwil-Gottshaus?
- A single earner with CHF 100,000 gross income pays an income tax of about CHF 13,390 per year in Hauptwil-Gottshaus (federal, cantonal, municipal and church combined, FTA 2026).
- What does living in Hauptwil-Gottshaus cost?
- For a couple without children, tax, health insurance and electricity add up to about CHF 23,270 per year in Hauptwil-Gottshaus — rank 773 of 2,124 among all Swiss municipalities.
- Are there cheaper municipalities near Hauptwil-Gottshaus?
- Yes: around Hauptwil-Gottshaus some municipalities have a lower total cost for the same profile — the neighbour comparison on this page shows them with the annual saving.
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