Key location factors for Recherswil at a glance.
Source: third-party market data · July 2026 · asking rents from listings
Recherswil is predominantly a single-family housing area: 80 % of residential buildings are single-family homes, 8 % have 2 units.
The median build year 2012 is above the Swiss average (1991). 3 % of buildings date from before 1980.
Heat pumps are recorded in 8 % of updated GWR entries (from 2015).
Taxes, health insurance, housing costs and commute times — for every Swiss municipality.
Mit 5'316 CHF pro m2 ist Wohneigentum günstiger als in 83 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Auch die Mieten mit 20 CHF pro m2 und Monat liegen im günstigeren Bereich.
Die Leerwohnungsziffer lag 2025 bei 0,68 %, was als knapper Markt eingestuft wird. Das deutet auf ein begrenztes Angebot an verfügbaren Wohnungen hin.
Für Alleinstehende ohne Kirchensteuer bei 150'000 CHF Bruttoeinkommen liegt die Steuerbelastung bei 20,7 %, was teurer ist als in 67 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Die Krankenkassenprämie für Erwachsene im Standardmodell beträgt 467 CHF im Monat und ist teurer als in 64 % aller Gemeinden.
Die Gemeinde besteht zu 54 % aus landwirtschaftlicher Fläche, zu 22 % aus Wald und zu 24 % aus Siedlungsfläche. Im Umkreis gibt es mehr unversiegelte Fläche als bei 16 % aller Schweizer Gemeinden.
18,3 % der Bevölkerung sind unter 15 Jahre alt, 22,8 % sind 65 Jahre oder älter. Die Bevölkerung ist in den letzten 5 Jahren um 9,2 % gewachsen.
Rents in the range of CHF 18-22/m²/mo. serve as a reference value for market-rate listings in Recherswil. Individual listings may vary significantly depending on location, condition, and floor.
Rental prices in Recherswil are currently typically in the range CHF 18-22 per m² per month (range depending on location, condition and floor). A 70 m² apartment thus comes to roughly CHF 1,300–1,500 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 Recherswil is typically in the range CHF 5'000-5'600 per m². The actual range depends heavily on location, year built, finish standard and views.
The m² price for houses in Recherswil is typically in the range CHF 5'100-6'700 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 Recherswil is 20.7 % on income — for a gross income of CHF 150,000 (single, without church tax) this amounts to roughly CHF 31,088 per year. The Swiss median is 19.8 %; the burden in Recherswil is above. Source: Swiss Federal Tax Administration tax burden statistics 2025.
No — in Recherswil the share of second homes is 5.9 %, 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 Recherswil the median is around CHF 5'316 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 Recherswil colour-coded.
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