8 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 21 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.71%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.6 new units per 1000 residents. there were 529 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 6-room apartment of which there were 183. There were 8 single room apartments and 183 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Homburg was 1110.18 Swiss francs (CHF) per month (US$890, £500, €710 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 1000.00 CHF (US$800, £450, €640), a two-room apartment was about 673.20 CHF (US$540, £300, €430), a three-room apartment was about 1012.27 CHF (US$810, £460, €650) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1236.00 CHF (US$990, £560, €790). The average apartment price in Homburg was 99.5% of the national average of 1116 CHF. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 57.28% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (13.68%), the FDP (11.45%) and the SP (4.55%). In the federal election, a total of 548 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.1%. The historical population is given in the following table: Sights The hamlet of Gündelhart is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. Economy , Homburg had an unemployment rate of 1.02%. , there were 248 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 98 businesses involved in this sector. 278 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 28 businesses in this sector. 148 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 31 businesses in this sector. there were 1,011 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 443 or about 43.8% of the residents worked outside Homburg while 247 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 815 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 50.7% used a private car. Religion From the , 588 or 41.1% were Roman Catholic, while 654 or 45.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there