Living in Horw
With a municipal tax multiplier of 145%, this municipality ranks 7 among the least taxed of the 79 municipalities in canton LU.
- Population
- 15,817
- Municipal multiplier
- 145 %
- Tax rank in canton
- No. 7 of 79
STATPOP 2024
ESTV 2025
Lucerne
That is 50 points below the median municipality in canton LU. With 15,817 inhabitants, it is the 4 most populous of the canton’s 80 municipalities. Under-20s make up 18.7% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole.
Key figures
Official figures, each with its reference year.
15,817
STATPOP 2024
7,276
CHF 72,379
Age structure
Permanent resident population, by age group.
- 0–19 years
- 2,95718.7 %
- 20–64 years
- 9,46459.8 %
- 65 and over
- 3,39621.5 %
Municipal taxation
As a % of the simple cantonal tax (FTA 2025). This is not a tax rate: it applies to the cantonal scale.
145 %
155 %
Position within the canton
Scale of communal tax multipliers, from the canton's lowest-taxed municipality to its highest.
Cantonal median: 195 %
Information published by the municipality
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