Key location factors for Witterswil at a glance.
Source: third-party market data · July 2026 · asking rents from listings
Witterswil is predominantly a single-family housing area: 87 % of residential buildings are single-family homes, 6 % have 2 units.
The median build year 2011 is above the Swiss average (1991). 3 % of buildings date from before 1980.
Heat pumps are recorded in 14 % of updated GWR entries (from 2015).
Taxes, health insurance, housing costs and commute times — for every Swiss municipality.
Witterswil zählt rund 1'500 Einwohner. 17.7 % der Bevölkerung sind unter 15 Jahren, 22.7 % sind 65 Jahre oder älter.
Die Leerwohnungsziffer lag 2025 bei 0.45 %, was als knapper Markt eingestuft wird. Die Mietpreise selbst liegen mit 20.5 CHF pro m2 und Monat aber günstiger als in 63 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden.
Der Quadratmeterpreis für Wohneigentum liegt bei 7'280 CHF, das ist teurer als in 63 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden.
Für ein Bruttoeinkommen von 150'000 CHF liegt die Steuerbelastung bei rund 20 % beziehungsweise 29'936 CHF, ohne Kirchensteuer. Die Krankenkassenprämie im Standardmodell beträgt 467 CHF pro Monat, beides jeweils im oberen Bereich im Schweizer Vergleich.
63 % der Gemeindefläche werden landwirtschaftlich genutzt, 20 % sind Wald und 17 % Siedlungsfläche. Im Umkreis der Gemeinde gibt es zudem mehr unversiegelte Fläche als bei 16 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden.
Rents in the range of CHF 18-23/m²/mo. serve as a reference value for market-rate listings in Witterswil. Individual listings may vary significantly depending on location, condition, and floor.
Rental prices in Witterswil are currently typically in the range CHF 18-23 per m² per month (range depending on location, condition and floor). A 70 m² apartment thus comes to roughly CHF 1,300–1,550 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 Witterswil is typically in the range CHF 6'900-7'700 per m². The actual range depends heavily on location, year built, finish standard and views.
The m² price for houses in Witterswil is typically in the range CHF 6'500-8'400 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 Witterswil is 20.0 % on income — for a gross income of CHF 150,000 (single, without church tax) this amounts to roughly CHF 29,936 per year. The Swiss median is 19.8 %; the burden in Witterswil is above. Source: Swiss Federal Tax Administration tax burden statistics 2025.
No — in Witterswil the share of second homes is 8.6 %, 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 Witterswil the median is around CHF 7'280 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 Witterswil colour-coded.
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