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The resident counts list 5,728 Swiss permanent residents and 135 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024. Its population was 6,514 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population6,514people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)7,445EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
Average net rent16.69EUR/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 crime4,745incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9
PM2.5, annual mean4.22µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)

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

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 Kerns.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Kerns 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 S11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB56.03 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Salt Swiss 10GB7Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)16.69 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)3Official · regional context

Is Kerns 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 safety · range 61–83%
Skilled employee71%strong on work, weak on education · range 61–81%
Student50%strong on cost, weak on education · range 38–62%
Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–71%
Retirement60%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–74%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €1,001 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 16.69 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?

12.1% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 786 of 6,514 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.ch18Official

What does a salary buy in Kerns?

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€5,084of €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€16.69/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− €1,001
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€5,084
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Kerns Salary needed to live in Kerns

Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesKerns highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Kerns 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 residents4,745 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T96Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportBXO3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official
Distance to nearest airport12 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official

Language courses and integration

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

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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
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SwitzerlandOf 43 cities with data, 12 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean4.22 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)1Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan -0.8 · Feb -1.2 · Mar 0.6 · Apr 3.2 · May 7.1 · Jun 10.5 · Jul 12.6 · Aug 12.8 · Sep 9.6 · Oct 7.3 · Nov 2.7 · Dec 0.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI13Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -6.5 · Feb -7.1 · Mar -5.2 · Apr -2.5 · May 1.3 · Jun 4.8 · Jul 6.8 · Aug 7.2 · Sep 4 · Oct 1.4 · Nov -3 · Dec -5.6 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official
Average temperature by monthJan -3.8 · Feb -4.4 · Mar -2.5 · Apr 0.1 · May 4 · Jun 7.5 · Jul 9.5 · Aug 9.8 · Sep 6.5 · Oct 4 · Nov -0.3 · Dec -2.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI15Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 164.3 · Feb 154.6 · Mar 149.8 · Apr 163.4 · May 152.8 · Jun 167.9 · Jul 163.3 · Aug 161.1 · Sep 110.5 · Oct 98.5 · Nov 131.7 · Dec 173 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 123.5 · Feb 131.6 · Mar 154.9 · Apr 156 · May 152.1 · Jun 146.4 · Jul 161.8 · Aug 164.9 · Sep 153.9 · Oct 158.9 · Nov 116.2 · Dec 106 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Winterthur ±6.6 °C. Elsewhere: Bad Aibling (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Kolbermoor (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Miesbach (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Jönköping (Sweden) ±3.8 °C, Titisee-Neustadt (Germany) ±2.0 °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 92.6 km² in 2016.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents602.3 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS10Official
City area92.59 km²2016Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2016, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².2Official
Foreign non-permanent residents135 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20245Official
Foreign residents786 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.8Official
Non-permanent residents135 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20245Official
Population density70.4 people/km²31 Dec 2024Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2013-2018; FJ=2016; area observed_at=2016).2Official
Population6,514 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source12Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20245Official
Swiss permanent residents5,728 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20245Official

International community in Kerns

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 groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total115100.0%
Abroad115100.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Country of birth

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total6,557100.0%
In Switzerland5,64086.0%
Abroad91714.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship - total115100.0%
Portugal3933.9%
Germany2017.4%
Spain1613.9%
Slovakia108.7%
Italy76.1%
Hungary65.2%
Greece32.6%
Poland32.6%
Czechia32.6%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Austria21.7%
Romania21.7%
Croatia10.9%
Slovenia10.9%
Afghanistan10.9%
Iran10.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Alternatives for people set on Kerns

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.

Buochs as a Kerns alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,008 Buochs vs 4,745 Kerns−37%
  • Nearest airport: 2.0 km Buochs vs 12.0 km Kerns−83%
  • Rent: €17.85/m² Buochs vs €16.69/m² Kerns+7%
  • Residents: 5,483 Buochs vs 6,514 Kerns−16%
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,445 Buochs vs €7,445 Kernssame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³ Buochs vs 4.2 µg/m³ Kernssame level
Full comparisonMore about Buochs

Bern as a Kerns alternative in the same country

63 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 137,995 Bern vs 6,514 Kerns+2018%
  • Rent: €18.05/m² (2021) Bern vs €16.69/m² (2024) Kernsno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 20,196 Bern vs 4,745 Kernsno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 6.0 km Bern vs 12.0 km Kerns−50%
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,310 Bern vs €7,445 Kernssame level
Full comparisonMore about Bern

Cities near Kerns

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

Alternative cities in Switzerland

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

All Switzerland cities
Alpnach6,511 residentsTeufen (AR)6,522 residentsRolle6,540 residentsUrtenen-Schönbühl6,545 residentsBalsthal6,560 residentsGelterkinden6,458 residents

How does Kerns compare?

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

Average net cold rent is 16.69 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,168 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 Kerns?

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

Is the air quality good in Kerns?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4.22 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is within the WHO guideline. Source: Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged).

How safe is Kerns?

Police recorded 4,745 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 Kerns?

The published population is 6,514 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Kerns?

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

Is Kerns a good place to live?

Kerns 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 Kerns?

Sarnen, Alpnach, Sachseln, Stans, Hergiswil (NW) are near Kerns. 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 Kerns?

The official country of birth distribution records 115 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). Kerns, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a51418de15e927f89195fc024e69b4e7]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/kerns/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Kerns, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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