Of the rest of the land, 17% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Of the agricultural land, 47.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.58% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 6.71% is covered with buildings, 4.97% is industrial, 0.81% is classed as special developments, 1.27% is parks or greenbelts and 2.89% is transportation infrastructure.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (85.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 4.2%) and Albanian being third ( 3.8%).

The age distribution in Root is; 1,058 people or 25.1% of the population is 0–19 years old.

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Root was; 2,435 (67.2%) were Roman Catholic, and 335 (9.2%) were Protestant, with an additional 85 (2.34%) that were of some other Christian faith.