Find your town in County Cavan
Ballyjamesduff is the best-graded town in County Cavan, #91 of 320 across the country. Between the 2016 and 2022 censuses, the population of County Cavan rose 7.3%. In 2022 the middle household in the county had a gross income of €52,321. Tenants signing in 2025 paid €1,095 a month on average across the county. County Cavan had 81,704 people at the 2022 census.
What County Cavan is like
The median ranked town in County Cavan grades highest on hazard risk and cost of living against towns across Ireland, and lowest on walkability. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
0 of 5 (0%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Cavan, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Cavan compares with Ireland’s other counties, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
5 towns · ordered by county rank
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.
9 smaller places in County Cavan
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Cavan, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.
9 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Counties next to County Cavan
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 Cavan
How do the biggest towns in County Cavan grade?
Cavan grades C overall, with its best grade in hazard risk. Next in size, Virginia grades B, best in health.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (safety, cost of living, health, jobs & income, walkability and hazard risk) from public data, each comparing a town with every town in Ireland of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in County Cavan, where five or more have an overall grade.
How does County Cavan compare with the other counties?
On its report card, which sets official figures for the whole county beside how its towns grade, County Cavan comes 17th of 26 counties overall (C+). It does best on hazard risk and worst on walkability.
Is every town in County Cavan 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?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Cootehill, Mullagh, Belturbet, Ballyconnell and 1 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Ballyjamesduff, HENRY CLARK (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Bailieborough, Eric Jones (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Kingscourt, Eric Jones (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Virginia, Christopher Kirk (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Cavan, Eric Jones (CC BY-SA 2.0), 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).