Photo: Terence wiki · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Hacketstown
At the 2022 census, 14% of the labour force in Hacketstown had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The average trip to work, school or college from Hacketstown takes 28.2 minutes, with 15% taking an hour or more. There is no Jobs & income Grade for Hacketstown: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
What sets Hacketstown apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Hacketstown had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
14% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 5.4% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Jobs and income in Hacketstown: the figures
Hacketstown has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
How many in Hacketstown have a job: 60% of 15-to-64s
None of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Carlow has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 5.4% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 67% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 48% were at work.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS): people at work of any age, over residents aged 15 to 64. The census doesn’t cross work with age, so the few people working past 65 count in the top only.
The work done by people from Hacketstown
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), industry of people at work who live here. Ireland doesn’t publish how many jobs are based in each town, so this shows what residents do, not the jobs here.
Household income in Hacketstown: €51,480 at the median
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Hacketstown 3% below the median for County Carlow as a whole, €53,119. No town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. Net of tax, it is €47,070. The State median is €60,123, 17% above Hacketstown’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Hacketstown gets to work without a car for 17% of commuters
Most go by car or van: 75% of commuters. Mainly from home: 7.1% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Public transport barely figures, where the middle of Irish towns has 6% by bus and 0.9% by rail.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Hacketstown sits near the middle of Irish towns on the trip to work or school
46% of trips take under 15 minutes, against 43% in the middle of County Carlow. In the middle of County Carlow, the trip averages 25.1 minutes.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), time taken to travel to work, school or college; the four bands are the shares of trips whose length was stated.
Signing on in County Carlow: the count since 2019
2,603 people were signing on in County Carlow in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 2%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 49 months. Its lowest month since 2019 was November 2024, at 2,558. County Carlow: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 3,774, 12% above the 2019 average.
Live Register (CSO LRM07), people signing on at social welfare offices each month. It isn’t an unemployment rate: part-time and seasonal workers sign on too, and offices serve areas that aren’t published. This place has no office of its own name, so the chart is its county’s or city’s.
People signing on each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Jobs, studies and retirement in Hacketstown: 48% in work
Compared with Irish towns, 8.1% are long-term sick or disabled (against 4.7%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
The everyday places near home in Hacketstown
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a school: 0%.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), places within 800 m in a straight line of each Census small area; active commuting from Census 2022. OpenStreetMap misses many GP surgeries and bakeries in Ireland, so those two are shown, not graded.
Neighbouring places to Hacketstown, compared
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacketstown | 60% | 14% | €51K | 28.2 min | — | — |
| Tinahely 9.8 km | 64% | 9.5% | €49K | 29.1 min | C | C+ |
| Rathvilly 9.8 km | 66% | 9.3% | €53K | 34 min | C | D− |
| Baltinglass 12.8 km | 63% | 12% | €52K | 34.5 min | D− | D |
| Tullow 13.8 km | 64% | 12% | €47K | 25.1 min | C | C |
| Aughrim 15.1 km | 63% | 9.8% | €53K | 34.7 min | C− | D |
| Carnew 17.2 km | 58% | 15% | €45K | 26.4 min | D− | D |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and trip times, with both grades.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Hacketstown, where it comes from, and what Ireland doesn’t publish.
- In work. People at work over residents aged 15 to 64 (Census 2022). Graded in place of the share of everyone 15 and over, so a town of retirees isn’t marked down for them.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people (first-job seekers included) over the labour force, from Census 2022.
- Household income. CSO’s median gross household income for 2022. Where CSO publishes no figure for the town, ours is the household-weighted mean of its electoral divisions’ medians, and the page says so.
- Trip times. Census 2022 groups trips to work, school and college by length; the average uses each group’s middle (7.5 to 105 minutes).
- Signing on. The Live Register counts people signing on at a social welfare office, by office and county. It includes part-time and seasonal workers, so it follows a trend; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- Walkability. Four everyday places within 800 m (pharmacy, food shop, school, post office) and the share who walk, cycle or take the bus or train to work. GP surgeries and bakeries are shown, not graded: OpenStreetMap misses many.
- Which towns we compare. Places of 2,500 people or more that aren’t a whole city: towns and city neighbourhoods. Grades start at 1,000 people; ranks at 2,500.
- What isn’t here. Ireland publishes no count of the jobs based in each town and no open table of where commuters go (CSO releases its place-of-work file, POWSCAR, on application only), so this page has no daily tide, commute map or jobs-based-here block. Claimant rates aren’t published for towns either: the Live Register is by office and county.
Questions about work in Hacketstown
What is the unemployment rate in Hacketstown?
14% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 5.4% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Hacketstown get to work?
75% of commuters go by car or van, 17% walk, 0% cycle and 0% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 7.1% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Hacketstown?
Trips to work, school or college take 28.2 minutes on average; 15% take an hour or more and 46% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Hacketstown?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Hacketstown’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Hacketstown work?
Ireland has no open table of where commuters go: CSO releases its place-of-work file (POWSCAR) on application only. The census does give how people from Hacketstown travel and how long their trips take.
Sources: CSO Census 2022 SAPS · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · CSO Live Register (LRM07) · OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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