Housing · 2026

Share of single-family houses among residential buildings: ranking of municipalities

Share of single-family houses among residential buildings: Verzasca comes top with 94.7% and Geneva comes last with 11.3%. The median across 1,806 municipalities is 69.5%. The ranking covers municipalities with at least 500 residents.

Podium and top 100

1Verzasca94.7%2Lavizzara94.3%3Genthod90.3%

#	Municipality	Canton	Share of single-family houses among residential buildings
1	Verzasca	Ticino	94.7%
2	Lavizzara	Ticino	94.3%
3	Genthod	Geneva	90.3%
4	Lupsingen	Basel-Landschaft	90.1%
5	Rodersdorf	Solothurn	90.1%
6	Gletterens	Fribourg	90.0%
7	Boncourt	Jura	89.3%
8	Seltisberg	Basel-Landschaft	88.9%
9	Pfeffingen	Basel-Landschaft	88.9%
10	Bure	Jura	88.7%
11	Laconnex	Geneva	88.6%
12	La Baroche	Jura	88.4%
13	Tannay	Vaud	88.3%
14	Schönenbuch	Basel-Landschaft	88.3%
15	Haute-Ajoie	Jura	88.2%
16	Witterswil	Solothurn	88.0%
17	Châtillon (FR)	Fribourg	88.0%
18	Boécourt	Jura	87.8%
19	Chavannes-des-Bois	Vaud	87.4%
20	Grindel	Solothurn	87.2%
21	Vandoeuvres	Geneva	87.2%
22	Cevio	Ticino	87.2%
23	Hofstetten-Flüh	Solothurn	87.1%
24	Blauen	Basel-Landschaft	87.0%
25	Maggia	Ticino	87.0%
26	Commugny	Vaud	87.0%
27	Acquarossa	Ticino	87.0%
28	Hochwald	Solothurn	86.9%
29	Buchberg	Schaffhausen	86.8%
29	Le Vaud	Vaud	86.8%
31	Bolken	Solothurn	86.8%
32	Veyrier	Geneva	86.7%
33	Hüttikon	Zürich	86.7%
34	Courtedoux	Jura	86.6%
35	Delley-Portalban	Fribourg	86.5%
36	Serravalle	Ticino	86.4%
37	Cheseaux-Noréaz	Vaud	86.4%
38	Centovalli	Ticino	86.3%
39	Coeuve	Jura	86.2%
40	Wäldi	Thurgau	86.2%
41	Biel-Benken	Basel-Landschaft	86.0%
42	Erschwil	Solothurn	85.9%
43	Dörflingen	Schaffhausen	85.9%
44	Collonge-Bellerive	Geneva	85.9%
45	Ammerswil	Aargau	85.8%
45	Basse-Allaine	Jura	85.8%
47	Grub (AR)	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	85.8%
48	Glarus Süd	Glarus	85.7%
48	Schlatt (TG)	Thurgau	85.7%
50	Eichberg	St. Gallen	85.7%
51	Saint-Cergue	Vaud	85.7%
52	Lampenberg	Basel-Landschaft	85.7%
52	Wilen (TG)	Thurgau	85.7%
54	Magden	Aargau	85.5%
55	Arboldswil	Basel-Landschaft	85.5%
56	Corsier (GE)	Geneva	85.4%
57	Ramlinsburg	Basel-Landschaft	85.4%
58	Cheyres-Châbles	Fribourg	85.3%
59	Wuppenau	Thurgau	85.2%
60	Arzier-Le Muids	Vaud	85.1%
61	Kemmental	Thurgau	85.1%
62	Nuglar-St. Pantaleon	Solothurn	85.1%
63	Aire-la-Ville	Geneva	85.0%
64	Berg am Irchel	Zürich	85.0%
65	Vérossaz	Valais	84.9%
66	Mies	Vaud	84.9%
67	Arisdorf	Basel-Landschaft	84.8%
68	Oberriet (SG)	St. Gallen	84.8%
69	Hubersdorf	Solothurn	84.8%
70	Brislach	Basel-Landschaft	84.8%
71	Drei Höfe	Solothurn	84.7%
72	Ormont-Dessous	Vaud	84.6%
73	Bättwil	Solothurn	84.5%
74	Anières	Geneva	84.5%
75	Auenstein	Aargau	84.4%
76	Dättlikon	Zürich	84.4%
77	Diepflingen	Basel-Landschaft	84.3%
78	Eggersriet	St. Gallen	84.3%
79	Blenio	Ticino	84.2%
80	Rickenbach (ZH)	Zürich	84.1%
81	Hermance	Geneva	84.1%
82	Full-Reuenthal	Aargau	84.1%
83	Hettlingen	Zürich	84.0%
84	Himmelried	Solothurn	84.0%
85	Metzerlen-Mariastein	Solothurn	83.9%
86	Bogis-Bossey	Vaud	83.8%
87	Rüfenach	Aargau	83.8%
88	Dinhard	Zürich	83.8%
89	Untereggen	St. Gallen	83.6%
89	Arbaz	Valais	83.6%
91	Icogne	Valais	83.5%
92	Buchillon	Vaud	83.5%
93	Stetten (SH)	Schaffhausen	83.5%
94	Buch am Irchel	Zürich	83.4%
95	Courgenay	Jura	83.4%
96	Veltheim (AG)	Aargau	83.4%
96	Alto Malcantone	Ticino	83.4%
98	Horriwil	Solothurn	83.1%
99	Mont-Noble	Valais	83.1%
100	Duggingen	Basel-Landschaft	83.1%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Municipality	Canton	Share of single-family houses among residential buildings
1792	Lausanne	Vaud	26.5%
1793	Rorschach	St. Gallen	26.2%
1794	Vevey	Vaud	25.4%
1795	Lucerne	Lucerne	25.0%
1796	Samnaun	Grisons	25.0%
1797	Silvaplana	Grisons	23.5%
1798	Massagno	Ticino	22.9%
1799	Pontresina	Grisons	22.7%
1800	Carouge (GE)	Geneva	22.0%
1801	Saas-Grund	Valais	21.8%
1802	Samedan	Grisons	21.6%
1803	Chavannes-près-Renens	Vaud	21.0%
1804	Celerina/Schlarigna	Grisons	16.6%
1805	Paradiso	Ticino	14.7%
1806	Geneva	Geneva	11.3%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Glarus78.7%
Jura75.3%
Basel-Landschaft71.2%
Appenzell Innerrhoden70.5%
Aargau70.4%
Solothurn70.1%
Appenzell Ausserrhoden70.0%
Thurgau69.2%
Schaffhausen66.0%
St. Gallen64.1%
Valais63.4%
Fribourg62.3%
Ticino62.1%
Grisons56.4%
Uri54.8%
Bern54.1%
Schwyz53.5%
Vaud52.6%
Neuchâtel50.9%
Zürich50.5%
Lucerne49.1%
Obwalden48.5%
Zug43.8%
Geneva43.2%
Basel-Stadt40.2%
Nidwalden36.8%

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Frequently asked questions

Which municipality ranks first for “Share of single-family houses among residential buildings”?

Verzasca ranks first for “Share of single-family houses among residential buildings”, with 94.7%.

What is the median for “Share of single-family houses among residential buildings”?

The median across the 1,806 ranked municipalities is 69.5%.