Living in Kerns
With a municipal tax multiplier of 470%, this municipality ranks 2 among the least taxed of the 7 municipalities in canton OW.
- Population
- 6,514
- Municipal multiplier
- 470 %
- Tax rank in canton
- No. 2 of 7
STATPOP 2024
ESTV 2025
Obwalden
That is 5 points below the median municipality in canton OW. With 6,514 inhabitants, it is the 2 most populous of the canton’s 7 municipalities. Under-20s make up 21.6% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole: the municipality skews young.
Key figures
Official figures, each with its reference year.
6,514
STATPOP 2024
2,689
CHF 58,816
Age structure
Permanent resident population, by age group.
- 0–19 years
- 1,40721.6 %
- 20–64 years
- 3,86159.3 %
- 65 and over
- 1,24619.1 %
Municipal taxation
As a % of the simple cantonal tax (FTA 2025). This is not a tax rate: it applies to the cantonal scale.
470 %
325 %
Position within the canton
Scale of communal tax multipliers, from the canton's lowest-taxed municipality to its highest.
Cantonal median: 475 %
Information published by the municipality
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