Living in Gommiswald

In Gommiswald, rent averages €14.32 per m² a month (2021).

For Gommiswald, the resident counts list 4,820 Swiss permanent residents and 4 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024. Its population was 5,718 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1025 sources

Population5,718people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source

Median gross salary (region)6,952EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch

Average net rent14.32EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2021Official source · Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23

Recorded crime5,561incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9

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

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

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71

Mobile plan, 10 GB€56

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	70.68 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Swisscom blue Internet S¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	56.03 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Salt Swiss 10GB¹⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	14.32 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2021	Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23¹Official

Is Gommiswald 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 worker61%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 51–71%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–75%

Student37%strong on cost, weak on education · range 26–48%

Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 37–63%

Retirement51%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €859 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 14.32 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?

15.7% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 898 of 5,718 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	6,952 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch¹⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Gommiswald?

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

Left over each month€4,850of €5,836 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.	€5,836
Rent, 60 m²€14.32/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23 · 2021-12-31	− €859
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	€4,850

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Gommiswald. 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

Job SearchCareer Counselling

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGommiswald highlighted among comparable cities

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,561 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9⁹Official · regional context

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Gommiswald. 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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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

3°-5°

5°-5°

9°-1°

14°2°

18°6°

21°10°

23°12°

23°11°

18°8°

14°4°

8°0°

4°-4°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

132

117

142

121

177

183

196

195

152

122

129

152

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

131

158

170

188

210

200

153

117

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.1 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 13.8 · May 17.9 · Jun 21.4 · Jul 23.3 · Aug 23 · Sep 18.4 · Oct 13.7 · Nov 7.7 · Dec 3.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.8 · Feb -4.7 · Mar -1.4 · Apr 1.6 · May 5.9 · Jun 9.8 · Jul 11.5 · Aug 11.3 · Sep 7.6 · Oct 4.2 · Nov -0.4 · Dec -3.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.1 · Feb -0.1 · Mar 3.8 · Apr 7.8 · May 12.1 · Jun 15.7 · Jul 17.4 · Aug 16.9 · Sep 12.7 · Oct 8.5 · Nov 3.3 · Dec -0.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 131.6 · Feb 117.1 · Mar 142.2 · Apr 121.4 · May 177.1 · Jun 182.6 · Jul 196 · Aug 194.8 · Sep 151.9 · Oct 122.1 · Nov 129.3 · Dec 152 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 82.8 · Feb 91.8 · Mar 131.1 · Apr 158.2 · May 169.9 · Jun 188.1 · Jul 210.4 · Aug 200 · Sep 153.2 · Oct 116.7 · Nov 79.2 · Dec 69.7 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Winterthur ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Bad Arolsen (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Marsberg (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Warburg (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±1.2 °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

By nationality

National passport84.3%
Foreign residents15.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	666.9 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS¹³Official
City area	33.63 km²	2017	Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2016-17, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².²Official
Foreign non-permanent residents	4 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Foreign residents	898 people	31 Dec 2024	Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.¹¹Official
Non-permanent residents	4 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Population density	170 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2013-2018; FJ=2016-17; area observed_at=2017).²Official
Population	5,718 people	31 Dec 2024	Switzerland official denominator source¹⁵Official
Swiss non-permanent residents	0 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Swiss permanent residents	4,820 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official

International community in Gommiswald

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

Country of birth

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

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	10	100.0%
Abroad	9	90.0%
In Switzerland	1	10.0%

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

Country of birth

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

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	5,838	100.0%
In Switzerland	4,744	81.3%
Abroad	1,094	18.7%

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

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship - total	10	100.0%
Germany	3	30.0%
Romania	3	30.0%
Afghanistan	2	20.0%
Spain	1	10.0%
Kosovo	1	10.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Gommiswald

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.

Neckertal as a Gommiswald alternative in the same region

12 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Rent: €10.40/m² Neckertal vs €14.32/m² Gommiswald−27%
Residents: 6,420 Neckertal vs 5,718 Gommiswald+12%
Median gross pay, region: €6,952 Neckertal vs €6,952 Gommiswaldsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,561 Neckertal vs 5,561 Gommiswaldsame level

Full comparison More about Neckertal

Biel/Bienne as a Gommiswald alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 137 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 56,896 Biel/Bienne vs 5,718 Gommiswald+895%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 15,776 Biel/Bienne vs 5,561 Gommiswaldno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €7,310 Biel/Bienne vs €6,952 Gommiswald+5%
Rent: €14.52/m² Biel/Bienne vs €14.32/m² Gommiswaldsame level

Full comparison More about Biel/Bienne

Cities near Gommiswald

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

Kaltbrunn 2.9 km away

Rent: 13.54 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Uznach 5.1 km away

Rent: 14.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Wattwil 6.7 km away

Rent: 12.95 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Eschenbach (SG) 6.8 km away

Rent: 14.81 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Neckertal 12.2 km away

Rent: 10.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Bütschwil-Ganterschwil 12.3 km away

Rent: 12.46 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Alternative cities in Switzerland

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

All Switzerland cities

Bonstetten5,712 residents Unterseen5,708 residents Neuenegg5,730 residents Uitikon5,699 residents Eglisau5,750 residents Zumikon5,754 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gommiswald 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; Gommiswald'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 Gommiswald?

Average net cold rent is 14.32 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,003 a month before utilities. Source: Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23.

What is the typical salary around Gommiswald?

The median gross salary is 6,952 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How safe is Gommiswald?

Police recorded 5,561 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 (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9.

How many people live in Gommiswald?

The published population is 5,718 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Gommiswald?

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

Is Gommiswald a good place to live?

Gommiswald 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 Gommiswald?

Kaltbrunn, Uznach, Wattwil, Eschenbach (SG), Wald (ZH) are near Gommiswald. 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 Gommiswald?

The official country of birth distribution records 10 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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