Living in Vilters-Wangs

In Vilters-Wangs, rent averages €14.03 per m² a month (2021).

Vilters-Wangs had a population of 5,121 at the end of 2024. The foreign population count was 905 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1025 sources

Population5,121people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source

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

Average net rent14.03EUR/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 Vilters-Wangs?

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)	14.03 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2021	Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23¹Official

Is Vilters-Wangs a good place to live?

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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 €842 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 14.03 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?

17.7% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 905 of 5,121 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 Vilters-Wangs?

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

Left over each month€4,868of €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€14.03/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23 · 2021-12-31	− €842
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	€4,868

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Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesVilters-Wangs 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 Vilters-Wangs. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

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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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4°-2°

6°-1°

11°2°

16°6°

20°10°

23°13°

25°15°

24°15°

20°11°

16°7°

10°2°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

119

125

146

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

131

156

168

181

197

183

147

114

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hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.5 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 11.3 · Apr 15.7 · May 19.8 · Jun 22.9 · Jul 24.6 · Aug 24.1 · Sep 19.7 · Oct 15.5 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 5.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.1 · Feb -1.3 · Mar 2.2 · Apr 5.6 · May 9.7 · Jun 13 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 14.6 · Sep 10.9 · Oct 7.2 · Nov 2.5 · Dec -1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.1 · Feb 2.3 · Mar 6.5 · Apr 10.4 · May 14.4 · Jun 17.6 · Jul 19.1 · Aug 18.8 · Sep 14.9 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 5.8 · Dec 2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 70.6 · Feb 56.3 · Mar 77.7 · Apr 72.3 · May 99.4 · Jun 119 · Jul 124.8 · Aug 145.6 · Sep 94.5 · Oct 80.1 · Nov 79.3 · Dec 79.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 71.9 · Feb 91.6 · Mar 130.6 · Apr 156.4 · May 168.2 · Jun 181 · Jul 197 · Aug 182.8 · Sep 147 · Oct 114.3 · Nov 67.5 · Dec 55.3 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Zürich ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Reims (France) ±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 passport82.3%
Foreign residents17.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	584.4 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS¹³Official
City area	32.71 km²	2019	Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2019, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².²Official
Foreign non-permanent residents	43 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Foreign residents	905 people	31 Dec 2024	Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.¹¹Official
Non-permanent residents	43 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Population density	156.6 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=2019; area observed_at=2019).²Official
Population	5,121 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	4,216 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official

International community in Vilters-Wangs

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 group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	5,168	100.0%
In Switzerland	4,128	79.9%
Abroad	1,040	20.1%

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 group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	55	100.0%
Abroad	55	100.0%

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	55	100.0%
Afghanistan	23	41.8%
Germany	10	18.2%
Hungary	3	5.5%
Ukraine	3	5.5%
Greece	2	3.6%
Austria	2	3.6%
Poland	2	3.6%
Ireland	1	1.8%
Italy	1	1.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Portugal	1	1.8%
Türkiye	1	1.8%
Slovakia	1	1.8%
Czechia	1	1.8%
Ethiopia	1	1.8%
Algeria	1	1.8%
Morocco	1	1.8%
Venezuela	1	1.8%

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

Alternatives for people set on Vilters-Wangs

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.

Flums as a Vilters-Wangs alternative in the same region

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

Rent: €13.64/m² Flums vs €14.03/m² Vilters-Wangssame level
Residents: 5,400 Flums vs 5,121 Vilters-Wangs+5%
Median gross pay, region: €6,952 Flums vs €6,952 Vilters-Wangssame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,561 Flums vs 5,561 Vilters-Wangssame level

Full comparison More about Flums

Winterthur as a Vilters-Wangs alternative in the same country

77 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 5,121 Vilters-Wangs+2251%
Rent: €17.90/m² (2023) Winterthur vs €14.03/m² (2021) Vilters-Wangsno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €7,875 Winterthur vs €6,952 Vilters-Wangs+13%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,988 Winterthur vs 5,561 Vilters-Wangsno percentage

Full comparison More about Winterthur

Cities near Vilters-Wangs

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

Sargans 3.6 km away

Rent: 15.89 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Bad Ragaz 4.2 km away

Rent: 16.38 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Mels 4.5 km away

Rent: 14.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Wartau 7.8 km away

Rent: 13.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Flums 11.7 km away

Rent: 13.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Sevelen 11.8 km away

Rent: 15.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Walenstadt 15.7 km away

Rent: 14.42 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Vilters-Wangs, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities

Bauma5,112 residents Weiningen (ZH)5,108 residents Huttwil5,135 residents Kölliken5,106 residents Oberkirch5,106 residents Sainte-Croix5,139 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Vilters-Wangs 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; Vilters-Wangs'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 Vilters-Wangs?

Average net cold rent is 14.03 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €982 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 Vilters-Wangs?

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

How safe is Vilters-Wangs?

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 Vilters-Wangs?

The published population is 5,121 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Vilters-Wangs?

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

Is Vilters-Wangs a good place to live?

Vilters-Wangs 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 Vilters-Wangs?

Sargans, Bad Ragaz, Mels, Wartau, Landquart are near Vilters-Wangs. 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 Vilters-Wangs?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,168 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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