Key location factors for St. Ursen at a glance.
Source: third-party market data · July 2026 · asking rents from listings
St. Ursen is predominantly a single-family housing area: 65 % of residential buildings are single-family homes, 22 % have 2 units.
The median build year 2010 is above the Swiss average (1991). 10 % of buildings date from before 1980.
Heat pumps are recorded in 40 % of updated GWR entries (from 2015).
Taxes, health insurance, housing costs and commute times — for every Swiss municipality.
St. Ursen zählt 1'419 Einwohner. Die Bevölkerung ist in den letzten 5 Jahren um 5,5 % gewachsen.
Der Kaufpreis für Wohnungen liegt bei 5'587 CHF pro m2, was günstiger ist als in 79 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Die Miete beträgt 16 CHF pro m2 und Monat, günstiger als in 94 % aller Gemeinden.
Bei einem Bruttoeinkommen von 150'000 CHF liegt die Steuerbelastung für Alleinstehende ohne Kirchensteuer bei 20 %, das entspricht 30'053 CHF. Das ist teurer als in 53 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden.
Die Leerwohnungsziffer liegt bei 1,54 % (2025), was als ausgeglichener Markt eingestuft wird.
74 % der Fläche werden landwirtschaftlich genutzt, 18 % sind Wald und 8 % Siedlungsfläche. Im Umkreis der Gemeinde gibt es mehr unversiegelte Fläche als bei 55 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden.
Rents in the range of CHF 14-18/m²/mo. serve as a reference value for market-rate listings in St. Ursen. Individual listings may vary significantly depending on location, condition, and floor.
Rental prices in St. Ursen are currently typically in the range CHF 14-18 per m² per month (range depending on location, condition and floor). A 70 m² apartment thus comes to roughly CHF 1,050–1,200 per month — the effective market range starts lower for small apartments and rises disproportionately for large ones.
The m² price for owner-occupied apartments in St. Ursen is typically in the range CHF 5'300-5'900 per m². The actual range depends heavily on location, year built, finish standard and views.
The m² price for houses in St. Ursen is typically in the range CHF 5'100-6'600 per m² (defensive range ±12 %). House prices vary considerably depending on plot size, buildability and micro-location within the municipality — a direct m² comparison serves only as an initial orientation.
The effective tax burden in St. Ursen is 20.0 % on income — for a gross income of CHF 150,000 (single, without church tax) this amounts to roughly CHF 30,053 per year. The Swiss median is 19.8 %; the burden in St. Ursen is above. Source: Swiss Federal Tax Administration tax burden statistics 2025.
No — in St. Ursen the share of second homes is 10.6 %, below the 20 % threshold. The second-home law does not apply here, and new second homes are generally permitted. Source: Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), 2025.
A first reference point is the local price per square metre: in St. Ursen the median is around CHF 5'587 per m² for condominiums. A realistic estimate also factors in location, year of construction, condition, fit-out quality and view. How the price compares with other municipalities is shown by the Immoskop municipality comparison: all 2’110 municipalities by housing costs, taxes and health insurance premiums — as guidance, not a substitute for an official or bank-verified valuation.
Municipalities nearby, ordered by driving time — purchase price difference to St. Ursen colour-coded.
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