Key location factors for Glarus Nord at a glance.
Source: third-party market data · July 2026 · asking rents from listings
Glarus Nord is predominantly a single-family housing area: 75 % of residential buildings are single-family homes, 8 % have 2 units.
The median build year 2007 is above the Swiss average (1991). 8 % of buildings date from before 1980.
Heat pumps are recorded in 15 % of updated GWR entries (from 2015).
Taxes, health insurance, housing costs and commute times — for every Swiss municipality.
Laut BFS STATPOP zählt Glarus Nord 19'810 Einwohner.
Die Leerwohnungsziffer lag 2025 bei 0.09%, was als knapper Markt eingestuft wird. Gleichzeitig liegen Kaufpreise und Mieten pro Quadratmeter über dem Niveau der meisten Schweizer Gemeinden.
Bei einem Bruttoeinkommen von 150'000 CHF liegt die Steuerbelastung für Alleinstehende ohne Kirchensteuer bei 16.6%, was günstiger ist als in 78% aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Die Krankenkassenprämie für Erwachsene im Standardmodell beträgt 417 CHF pro Monat, günstiger als in 77% aller Gemeinden.
Im Umkreis der Gemeinde gibt es mehr unversiegelte Fläche als bei 84% aller Schweizer Gemeinden. Die Gemeinde selbst besteht zu 41% aus Wald und zu 36% aus Landwirtschaftsfläche, der Siedlungsanteil liegt bei 6%.
Der Anteil der unter 15-Jährigen liegt bei 18.6%, der Anteil der ab 65-Jährigen bei 19.1%. Die Bevölkerung ist in den letzten 5 Jahren um 6.4% gewachsen.
Rents in the range of CHF 20-25/m²/mo. serve as a reference value for market-rate listings in Glarus Nord. Individual listings may vary significantly depending on location, condition, and floor.
Rental prices in Glarus Nord are currently typically in the range CHF 20-25 per m² per month (range depending on location, condition and floor). A 70 m² apartment thus comes to roughly CHF 1,450–1,700 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 Glarus Nord is typically in the range CHF 6'600-7'400 per m². The actual range depends heavily on location, year built, finish standard and views.
The m² price for houses in Glarus Nord is typically in the range CHF 6'000-7'700 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 Glarus Nord is 16.6 % on income — for a gross income of CHF 150,000 (single, without church tax) this amounts to roughly CHF 24,971 per year. The Swiss median is 19.8 %; the burden in Glarus Nord is below. Source: Swiss Federal Tax Administration tax burden statistics 2025.
No — in Glarus Nord the share of second homes is 12.0 %, 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 Glarus Nord the median is around CHF 7'032 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 Glarus Nord colour-coded.
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