Of the rest of the land, 27.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Of the agricultural land, 43.72% is used for farming or pastures, while 5.86% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 10.04% is covered with buildings, 3.77% is industrial, 1.46% is classed as special developments, 2.72% is parks or greenbelts and 9.41% is transportation infrastructure.

[5] The municipality is located on the high lands known as the Hundsrüggen between the Reuss and Ron rivers.

It consists of the linear village of Buchrain, the hamlet of Leisibach and the industrial park of Perlen.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (87.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.5%) and Italian being third ( 1.8%).

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Buchrain was; 3,351 (67.3%) were Roman Catholic, and 670 (13.5%) were Protestant, with an additional 217 (4.36%) that were of some other Christian faith.