Find your town in County Carlow
County Carlow had 61,968 people at the 2022 census. The strongest overall grade in County Carlow belongs to Muinebeag (Bagenalstown), which ranks #97 of 320 nationally. Census counts show County Carlow up 8.9% from 2016 to 2022. Half the county’s households earned more than €53,119 in 2022, and half less. New rents across the county averaged €1,316 a month in 2025.
Find a town that’s…
Each town’s place in the country is beside it.
3 towns · in national order
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has; the reason it has no overall grade is beside it.
13 smaller places in County Carlow
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Carlow, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.
13 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Counties next to County Carlow
The counties that share a border with it: each one’s places, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about County Carlow
How do the biggest towns in County Carlow grade?
Carlow grades C− overall, with its best grade in cost of living. Next in size, Tullow grades C−, best in cost of living.
How does County Carlow compare with the other counties?
Its report card puts County Carlow 19th of 26 counties overall, a grade of C, from official county figures and its towns’ grades together; safety is its strongest subject there and hazard risk its weakest.
Is every town in County Carlow on TownRatings?
Yes: every one has its page, listed here from the biggest town to the smallest place; size decides only how many grades a page carries.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
A county ranks its towns once five or more have an overall grade; County Carlow has fewer, so its towns stand in national order. Rathvilly has no overall grade; its page shows the grades it has, and why.
Photos: Muinebeag (Bagenalstown), A.-K. D. (CC0) · Carlow, Humphrey Bolton (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Tullow, Andreas F. Borchert (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Irish towns against each other only, run #54 of 3 November 2026 · CSO, Census 2022 (population). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).