who lived in a household made up of relatives, 30 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 130 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.22%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.8 new units per 1000 residents. there were 1,698 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 508. There were 79 single room apartments and 223 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Steckborn was 926.39 Swiss francs (CHF) per month (US$740, £420, €590 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 460.64 CHF (US$370, £210, €290), a two-room apartment was about 669.76 CHF (US$540, £300, €430), a three-room apartment was about 824.12 CHF (US$660, £370, €530) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1750.34 CHF (US$1400, £790, €1120). The average apartment price in Steckborn was 83.0% of the national average of 1116 CHF. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (17.1%), the FDP (16.6%) and the CVP (12.11%). In the federal election, a total of 992 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.9%. The historical population is given in the following table: Heritage sites of national significance The Reformed church and church yard on Kirchgasse and the Turmhof at Seestrasse 84 as well as the prehistoric lake side settlements at Schanz and Turgi / Feldbach are all listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. The entire village of Steckborn and the region of Glarisegg are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. Economy , Steckborn had an unemployment rate of 2.04%. , there were 41 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 580 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 33 businesses in this sector. 720 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 146 businesses in this sector. there were 2,164 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 800 or about 37.0% of the residents worked outside Steckborn while 623 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total