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Choosing where to live is one of the most important financial decisions you can make. Tax burdens alone can differ by several thousand francs per year between two municipalities in the same canton — and that's before considering the significant differences in rent, purchase prices, education level and quality of life.

Immoskop offers Switzerland's most comprehensive municipality comparison: tax data for all 2,122 municipalities (FTA 2025), rent and purchase prices, second-home shares (ARE 2025) and education levels (FSO 2023) — all at a glance, sorted by canton.

Compare municipalities by canton

Sorted by average tax burden (single person, CHF 150,000 gross income, without church tax) · FTA 2025

Zug11 municipalities · Tax 8.8–9.3 %
8.9 %Avg. tax
Schwyz30 municipalities · Tax 8.3–12.2 %
10.8 %Avg. tax
Nidwalden11 municipalities · Tax 12.2–14.7 %
13.7 %Avg. tax
Uri19 municipalities · Tax 13.6–15.0 %
14.2 %Avg. tax
Appenzell Inner Rhodes5 municipalities · Tax 13.2–15.8 %
14.7 %Avg. tax
Obwalden7 municipalities · Tax 13.5–15.5 %
14.7 %Avg. tax
Zurich160 municipalities · Tax 13.4–16.8 %
15.4 %Avg. tax
Schaffhausen26 municipalities · Tax 13.4–17.7 %
16.2 %Avg. tax
Lucerne79 municipalities · Tax 12.5–18.1 %
16.3 %Avg. tax
Glarus3 municipalities · Tax 15.9–16.6 %
16.4 %Avg. tax
Thurgau80 municipalities · Tax 13.7–18.2 %
16.4 %Avg. tax
Graubünden100 municipalities · Tax 12.4–19.0 %
16.6 %Avg. tax
Aargau197 municipalities · Tax 13.5–18.5 %
17.2 %Avg. tax
Basel-City3 municipalities · Tax 16.4–18.3 %
17.2 %Avg. tax
St. Gallen75 municipalities · Tax 14.1–19.6 %
17.4 %Avg. tax
Appenzell Outer Rhodes20 municipalities · Tax 15.0–18.8 %
17.4 %Avg. tax
Ticino107 municipalities · Tax 16.1–19.7 %
18.3 %Avg. tax
Geneva45 municipalities · Tax 18.1–20.6 %
19.6 %Avg. tax
Solothurn106 municipalities · Tax 16.5–22.7 %
20.5 %Avg. tax
Fribourg122 municipalities · Tax 15.8–22.5 %
20.5 %Avg. tax
Vaud300 municipalities · Tax 18.8–21.8 %
20.7 %Avg. tax
Jura51 municipalities · Tax 18.1–21.8 %
20.9 %Avg. tax
Bern335 municipalities · Tax 17.9–22.8 %
21.0 %Avg. tax
Basel-Landschaft86 municipalities · Tax 19.5–22.5 %
21.1 %Avg. tax
Valais122 municipalities · Tax 19.4–23.3 %
21.3 %Avg. tax
Neuchâtel24 municipalities · Tax 22.1–23.7 %
23.0 %Avg. tax
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Why does your choice of municipality matter so much?

In Switzerland, tax burdens vary enormously between municipalities: while Zug municipalities rank among the cheapest at around 8–9% effective tax burden, some Neuchâtel municipalities exceed 23%. For a single person earning CHF 150,000, that difference amounts to several thousand francs per year.

Add the differences in property prices: the most affordable municipalities in Jura or Thurgau can have purchase prices for apartments below CHF 4,000/m² — compared to over CHF 17,000/m² in Küsnacht or Herrliberg.

Tax-efficient municipalities in Switzerland

The most tax-efficient cantons in Switzerland are Zug, Schwyz and Nidwalden. But within these cantons there are still significant differences between individual municipalities. With the Immoskop location finder, you can compare all municipalities in a canton directly and find the optimal place to live for your personal situation.

Municipality comparison Switzerland: what matters when choosing where to live?

Beyond tax burden, many other factors play a role: How high are rent and purchase prices? Is there a second-home restriction under the second-home act? What is the education level for families? How far is the commute to work? Immoskop combines all this information — free and without registration.

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