Living in Hägendorf

For Hägendorf, the resident counts list 3,861 Swiss permanent residents and 89 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024. The population of Hägendorf, in Switzerland, was 5,299 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2425 sources

Population5,299people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source

Median gross salary (region)7,310EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch

Average net rent15.64EUR/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 crime7,775incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 32% belowOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Solothurn

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

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)	15.64 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2024	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)²Official · regional context

Is Hägendorf a good place to live?

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Remote worker70%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 60–80%

Skilled employee69%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–79%

Student45%strong on cost, weak on education · range 34–56%

Family42%strong on family, weak on education · range 32–52%

Retirement54%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 42–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €938 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 15.64 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?

27.1% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 1,438 of 5,299 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)	7,310 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch¹⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Hägendorf?

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

Left over each month€5,048of €6,113 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.	€6,113
Rent, 60 m²€15.64/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	− €938
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	€5,048

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Hägendorf Salary needed to live in Hägendorf

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hägendorf. 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 Hägendorf. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesHägendorf 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	7,775 incidents per 100,000country median 11,440	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Solothurn⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Hägendorf. 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.

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Climate and air quality

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

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15°3°

20°8°

23°12°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

111

103

117

115

101

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

134

170

192

219

240

214

153

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hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 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 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -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 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 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 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 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 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 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 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA 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

The city covered 13.9 km² in 2015.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport72.9%
Foreign residents27.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	600.2 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS¹³Official
City area	13.9 km²	2015	Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2015, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².¹Official
Foreign non-permanent residents	89 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Foreign residents	1,438 people	31 Dec 2024	Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.¹¹Official
Non-permanent residents	89 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Population density	381.2 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=2015; area observed_at=2015).¹Official
Population	5,299 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	3,861 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official

International community in Hägendorf

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	136	100.0%
Abroad	134	98.5%
In Switzerland	2	1.5%

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	5,343	100.0%
In Switzerland	3,773	70.6%
Abroad	1,570	29.4%

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	136	100.0%
Ukraine	55	40.4%
Afghanistan	16	11.8%
Eritrea	9	6.6%
Portugal	8	5.9%
Germany	5	3.7%
Sierra Leone	4	2.9%
No indication	3	2.2%
Romania	3	2.2%
Ethiopia	3	2.2%

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Published group	People	Share
El Salvador	3	2.2%
Peru	3	2.2%
Italy	2	1.5%
Türkiye	2	1.5%
Guinea	2	1.5%
Colombia	2	1.5%
Iran	2	1.5%
Belgium	1	0.7%
Bulgaria	1	0.7%
Netherlands	1	0.7%
Spain	1	0.7%
Hungary	1	0.7%
North Macedonia	1	0.7%
Lithuania	1	0.7%
Comoros	1	0.7%
Somalia	1	0.7%
Brazil	1	0.7%
Canada	1	0.7%
United States	1	0.7%
Sri Lanka	1	0.7%
Lebanon	1	0.7%

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

Alternatives for people set on Hägendorf

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.

Wangen bei Olten as a Hägendorf alternative in the same region

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

Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,302 Wangen bei Olten vs 7,775 Hägendorf−45%
Residents: 5,532 Wangen bei Olten vs 5,299 Hägendorf+4%
Rent: €15.64/m² Wangen bei Olten vs €15.64/m² Hägendorfsame level
Median gross pay, region: €7,310 Wangen bei Olten vs €7,310 Hägendorfsame level

Full comparison More about Wangen bei Olten

Winterthur as a Hägendorf alternative in the same country

69 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 5,299 Hägendorf+2172%
Rent: €17.90/m² (2023) Winterthur vs €15.64/m² (2024) Hägendorfno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,988 Winterthur vs 7,775 Hägendorfno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €7,875 Winterthur vs €7,310 Hägendorf+8%

Full comparison More about Winterthur

Cities near Hägendorf

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

Alternative cities in Switzerland

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

All Switzerland cities

Sachseln5,299 residents Turbenthal5,300 residents Geroldswil5,312 residents Ascona5,322 residents Ebnat-Kappel5,323 residents Ennetbürgen5,327 residents

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

Average net cold rent is 15.64 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,095 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 Hägendorf?

The median gross salary is 7,310 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How safe is Hägendorf?

Police recorded 7,775 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 Solothurn.

How many people live in Hägendorf?

The published population is 5,299 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Hägendorf?

1,438 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Hägendorf a good place to live?

Hägendorf 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 Hägendorf?

Wangen bei Olten, Aarburg, Rothrist, Olten, Trimbach are near Hägendorf. 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 Hägendorf?

The official country of birth distribution records 136 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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Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2015, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km². disseminate.stats.swiss · checked 2026-07-15
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) dam-api.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-09-24
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
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Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024 pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-07-18
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 — Kanton Solothurn Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 · so.ch · checked 2026-09-24
Salt Swiss 10GB salt.ch · checked 2026-09-15

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Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-08
Swisscom blue Internet S swisscom.ch · checked 2026-09-15
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