Rafz has an area of. Of this area, 52% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.1% is forested. The rest of the land is settled. Rafz has border crossings into Germany at Schluchenberg with Baltersweil in Baden-Württemberg, Germany to the north of town; Rafz town with Lottstetten town also in Baden-Württemberg, and at Solgen with Lottstetten.
Demographics
Rafz has a population of., 14.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.3%. Most of the population speaks German, with Italian being second most common and Albanian being third. In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the CSP and the Green Party. The agedistribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 28.5% of the population, while adults make up 59.9% and seniors make up 11.7%. In Rafz about 79.5% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. Rafz has an unemployment rate of 1.95%., there were 150 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 38 businesses involved in this sector. The secondary sector employs 459 people and there are 40 businesses in this sector. The tertiary sector employs 536 people, with 91 businesses in this sector.
Historical population
The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray id:darkgrey value:gray ImageSize = width: auto height:200 barincrement:45 PlotArea = top:20 left:40 bottom:20 right:35 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:4800 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:800 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:200 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width: 35 mark: align:center bar:1634 from:start till:412 text:"412" bar:1722 from:start till:827 text:"827" bar:1800 from:start till:837 text:"837" bar:1850 from:start till:1583 text:"1583" bar:1900 from:start till:1436 text:"1436" bar:1950 from:start till:1690 text:"1690" bar:2000 from:start till:3395 text:"3395" bar:2018 from:start till:4576 text:"4576"
