Hochfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (88.2%), with Albanian being second most common (3.2%) and Italian being third (2.4%).

In the 2007 election, the most popular party was the SVP which received 50.9% of the vote.

In Hochfelden about 77.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).