Of the rest of the land, 24.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Of the agricultural land, 30.54% is used for farming or pastures, while 1.94% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 14.61% is covered with buildings, 1.01% is industrial, 1.09% is classed as special developments, 1.79% is parks or greenbelts and 5.59% is transportation infrastructure.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (86.5%), with Italian being second most common (2.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (2.0%).

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Horw was as follows: 8,153 (64.5%) were Roman Catholic, and 1,905 (15.1%) were Protestant, while an additional 247 (1.95%) were of some other Christian faith.

[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] Horw has four primary level school centers (Hofmatt, Kastanienbaum, Allmend and Spitz) and one lower secondary level school center.

It is divided into three fields of study: Heating-Ventilation-Air Conditioning (HVAC), Heating-Sanitary (HS) and Building Electrical Engineering (EE).

Their professional future lies mainly in the planning and implementation of diverse building technology in the construction industry.

The Lucerne S-Bahn services S4, S5 and (in peak times) S41 combine to provide at least four trains per hour at the station.

[7][8] The buses (lines 20, 21, 14 and 16) from VBL Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern connect Horw frequently to Lucerne and Kriens.