 there were 459 residents who worked in the municipality, while 1,090 residents worked outside Steinach and 1,042 people commuted into the municipality for work.From the , 1,462 or 50.4% are Roman Catholic, while 760 or 26.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.Of the rest of the population, there are 2 individuals (or about 0.07% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 87 individuals (or about 3.00% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 86 individuals (or about 2.97% of the population) who belong to another Christian church.