Municipality in the Canton of Glarus

Living in Glarus

Glarus (postcode 8750–8755) has 3,644 residential buildings with 6,956 homes in total on 275 streets.

6,956
homes
38%
with a supermarket ≤ 500 m
84%
with public transport ≤ 300 m
55%
in a quiet location

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Glarus in figures

Glarus (postcode 8750–8755) has 3,644 residential buildings with 6,956 homes in total on 275 streets.
The average construction year of the residential buildings is 2001.
38% of residential buildings have a supermarket within 500 m as the crow flies, 69% a daycare centre or kindergarten and 84% a public transport stop within 300 m.
55% of residential buildings are in a quiet location (below 50 dB during the day at the loudest façade).
Net rents in the Canton of Glarus are 14.70 CHF per m² per month (average, 2024; BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen)).
Income tax (canton and municipality): about CHF 10,309 per year for a single person with a gross income of about CHF 100,000.

Market & people

Prices, population and building stock

Rents

Official survey

14.70 CHF/m²

per m² of living space per month, net

Canton of Glarus · 2024

Canton value – not published for Glarus

Switzerland17.80 CHF/m²

14.70 CHF/m²

Rents per m² of living space per month, net · Canton of Glarus · 2024

+20 %

since 2012

Line: average

All values as a table

Year	Value	25 %	75 %	Cases
2024	14.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2023	13.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2022	13.60 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2021	13.30 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2020	13.30 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2019	12.70 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2018	12.80 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2017	12.60 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2016	12.30 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2015	11.60 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2014	12.90 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2013	12.00 CHF/m²	–	–	–
2012	12.30 CHF/m²	–	–	–

Official survey: Sample of existing tenancies.

Sources: BFS, Strukturerhebung (Durchschnitt aller bewohnten Mietwohnungen). Values apply to the area named, not to an individual building.

Population & jobs

Residents (2025): 12,886
Growth over 10 years: +3.5%
Share of foreign nationals: 29.5%
Share aged 65 and over: 21.3%
Jobs (2024): 8,873
Income tax¹: CHF 10,309
Household electricity price (2027): from 26.6 Rp./kWh

Sources: FSO (STATPOP, STATENT), ElCom. ¹ Canton and municipality, single person, gross income of about CHF 100,000.

Residential buildings by construction period

before 1919 17
1919–1945 21
1946–1970 13
1971–1990 9
1991–2010 212
from 2011 183

Heating systems in the existing stock

Heat pump 10%
District heating 1%
Gas 29%
Heating oil 35%
Wood 14%

Source: GWR, residential buildings in Glarus.

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Streets compared

What is it like to live where in Glarus?

The quietest streets

Shops & public transport on the doorstep

1.Schweizerhofstrasse50 m · 110 m
2.Bankstrasse130 m · 90 m
3.Stampfgasse120 m · 110 m
4.Untere Pressistrasse160 m · 100 m
5.Klausen170 m · 100 m
6.Zaunstrasse130 m · 150 m
7.Postgasse210 m · 80 m
8.Hinterbühl210 m · 90 m

Short walks to daycare & kindergarten

Streets with at least three residential buildings; median of the buildings. Noise: loudest façade during the day (FOEN sonBASE); distances as the crow flies (OpenStreetMap, FOT).

Currently on Heimster