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Dagmersellen is in Switzerland; its population was 6,004 at the end of 2024. The foreign population count was 1,129 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2425 sources

Population6,004people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)7,445EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
Average net rent17.85EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)
Recorded crime3,797incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 67% belowOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Luzern

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Dagmersellen?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SwitzerlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Dagmersellen.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Dagmersellen recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71
Mobile plan, 10 GB€56
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited70.68 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Swisscom blue Internet S14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB56.03 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Salt Swiss 10GB10Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)17.85 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)2Official · regional context

Is Dagmersellen a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker72%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 62–82%
Skilled employee72%strong on work, weak on education · range 62–82%
Student50%strong on cost, weak on education · range 39–61%
Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–69%
Retirement60%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 48–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €1,071 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 17.85 EUR/m²/month. Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

How international is the population?

18.8% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 1,129 of 6,004 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)7,445 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch16Official

What does a salary buy in Dagmersellen?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €7,445 (pxweb.bfs.admin.ch, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€5,015of €6,212 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€6,212
Rent, 60 m²€17.85/m² · official · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) · 2024-12-31− €1,071
Internet€71 · official · Swisscom blue Internet S · 2026-09-30− €71
Mobile plan€56 · official · Salt Swiss 10GB · 2026-09-30− €56
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€5,015
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Dagmersellen Salary needed to live in Dagmersellen

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Dagmersellen. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

arbeit.swiss — Public employment service

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Dagmersellen. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesDagmersellen highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Dagmersellen highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Solothurn25,779
Bern20,196
Interlaken18,896
Olten15,369
Kloten13,097
St. Gallen9,783
Winterthur7,988
Muri bei Bern5,389
Wetzikon (ZH)4,048
Küsnacht (ZH)3,718
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,797 incidents per 100,000country median 11,44031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Luzern9Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Dagmersellen. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation

SEM and cantons

For migrants, refugees.

German, French, ItalianIn Person
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fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Dagmersellen.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.4 · Feb 5.5 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 15.3 · May 19.5 · Jun 23.3 · Jul 25.2 · Aug 24.8 · Sep 20 · Oct 14.2 · Nov 7.7 · Dec 3.8 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO3Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.2 · Feb -2.5 · Mar 0.2 · Apr 3.3 · May 7.8 · Jun 11.6 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 13.1 · Sep 9.5 · Oct 6.1 · Nov 1.7 · Dec -1.1 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO4Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.7 · Feb 1.3 · Mar 5.2 · Apr 9.2 · May 13.5 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 4.6 · Dec 1.5 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO5Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 82.7 · Feb 66.8 · Mar 73.7 · Apr 75.6 · May 110.5 · Jun 103.4 · Jul 117 · Aug 115 · Sep 89.5 · Oct 89.6 · Nov 82.4 · Dec 100.7 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO6Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 38.8 · Feb 75.7 · Mar 133.7 · Apr 170 · May 192 · Jun 218.9 · Jul 239.6 · Aug 214.4 · Sep 153.4 · Oct 89.6 · Nov 40.6 · Dec 29.4 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO7Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Winterthur ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.3 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.6 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.6 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents608.9 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS13Official
City area23.89 km²2021Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A5 (2020-2025), FJ=2021, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².1Official
Foreign non-permanent residents71 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Foreign residents1,129 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.11Official
Non-permanent residents71 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Population density251.3 people/km²31 Dec 2024Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2020-2025; FJ=2021; area observed_at=2021).1Official
Population6,004 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source15Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Swiss permanent residents4,875 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official

International community in Dagmersellen

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total6,144100.0%
In Switzerland4,91980.1%
Abroad1,22519.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Country of birth

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total73100.0%
Abroad7298.6%
In Switzerland11.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Citizenship

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship - total6,144100.0%
Switzerland4,94580.5%
Portugal2794.5%
Kosovo1973.2%
Germany1692.8%
Italy1242.0%
Serbia480.8%
Poland390.6%
North Macedonia390.6%
Croatia360.6%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Romania210.3%
Spain200.3%
Austria190.3%
Türkiye180.3%
Brazil180.3%
Bulgaria160.3%
Afghanistan150.2%
France110.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina110.2%
Hungary100.2%
Slovenia100.2%
Ukraine100.2%
Czechia90.1%
Netherlands80.1%
Slovakia80.1%
Eritrea80.1%
Jordan60.1%
Thailand60.1%
Philippines50.1%
Morocco40.1%
Iran40.1%
Greece30.0%
Paraguay30.0%
Luxembourg20.0%
Nigeria20.0%
Haiti20.0%
India20.0%
Denmark10.0%
Iceland10.0%
Sweden10.0%
Belarus10.0%
Ethiopia10.0%
Angola10.0%
Egypt10.0%
Argentina10.0%
Dominican Republic10.0%
Colombia10.0%
Cuba10.0%
Mexico10.0%
Sri Lanka10.0%
China10.0%
Iraq10.0%
Cambodia10.0%
Vietnam10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Alternatives for people set on Dagmersellen

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Strengelbach as a Dagmersellen alternative in the same region

9 km away, better on 0 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,708 Strengelbach vs 3,797 Dagmersellenno percentage
  • Residents: 5,098 Strengelbach vs 6,004 Dagmersellen−15%
  • Rent: €17.53/m² Strengelbach vs €17.85/m² Dagmersellensame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,512 Strengelbach vs €7,445 Dagmersellensame level
Full comparisonMore about Strengelbach

Winterthur as a Dagmersellen alternative in the same country

64 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 120,376 Winterthur vs 6,004 Dagmersellen+1905%
  • Rent: €17.90/m² (2023) Winterthur vs €17.85/m² (2024) Dagmersellenno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,988 Winterthur vs 3,797 Dagmersellenno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,875 Winterthur vs €7,445 Dagmersellen+6%
Full comparisonMore about Winterthur

Cities near Dagmersellen

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Dagmersellen, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities
Vechigen5,982 residentsCologny6,027 residentsMünchwilen (TG)5,976 residentsVilleneuve (VD)6,039 residentsObfelden5,961 residentsLaufen6,054 residents

How does Dagmersellen compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Dagmersellen under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Einführungsklassen / integrative DaZ-Sprachförderung (per canton). How to enrol a child (edk.ch).

A country-wide rule for Switzerland; Dagmersellen's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How much does it cost to rent in Dagmersellen?

Average net cold rent is 17.85 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,249 a month before utilities. Source: Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton).

What is the typical salary around Dagmersellen?

The median gross salary is 7,445 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How safe is Dagmersellen?

Police recorded 3,797 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Luzern.

How many people live in Dagmersellen?

The published population is 6,004 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Dagmersellen?

1,129 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Dagmersellen a good place to live?

Dagmersellen may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Dagmersellen?

Reiden, Strengelbach, Zofingen, Sursee, Willisau are near Dagmersellen. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Place of birth - total live in Dagmersellen?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,144 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-12-31. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Dagmersellen, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 5548c8c58fb63c950f18db6b930f5bcb]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/dagmersellen/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Dagmersellen, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {5548c8c58fb63c950f18db6b930f5bcb},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/dagmersellen/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

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