Photo: barry gormley · Public domainJobs and earnings in Arvagh, and the trip to work
Trips to work, school or college from Arvagh take 27.8 minutes on average, and 12% take an hour or more. At the 2022 census, 9.6% of the labour force in Arvagh had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. The Jobs & income Grade leaves out Arvagh: it has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts.
The short version on work in Arvagh
Work near the middle
73% of people aged 15 to 64 in Arvagh had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Arvagh had €47,020 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. CSO publishes no income figure for this place, so this one is our estimate from its electoral divisions. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
Arvagh isn’t graded for jobs and income
Arvagh has under 1,000 residents, where the grade starts. The figures on this page are still its own.
Household income in Arvagh: €47,020 at the median
Before tax, 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760.
That puts Arvagh 10% below the median for County Cavan as a whole, €52,321. Every town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. Net of tax, it is €42,030. The State median is €60,123, 28% above Arvagh’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The work done by people from Arvagh
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 20%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is public administration, at 3.2%.
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.
In Arvagh, 73% of the working-age population has a job
All 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cavan have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 3.6% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 61% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 56% 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.
17% of commuters from Arvagh go without the car
Walking takes 16% of commuters and cycling 0.6%, where the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%. For 71% of commuters, the trip to work is by car or van. Working mainly from home: 8.3% here, 11% in the middle of Irish towns. Buses carry 1.1% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 6%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
No quicker, no slower: the trip to work or school from Arvagh against the middle of Irish towns
Against 50% in the middle of County Cavan, 48% of trips take under 15 minutes. 3 of the 5 towns of County Cavan counted have a shorter average trip.
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 Cavan since 2019
2,448 people were signing on in County Cavan in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 rose by 1%. For 38 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. Its lowest month since 2019 was May 2025, at 2,371. County Cavan saw its highest month in July 2020: 3,676 people signing on, 13% 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).
56% of Arvagh’s adults have a job
Compared with Irish towns, 18% are retired (against 15%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Everyday places a walk away in Arvagh
Not graded: the Walkability grade starts at 1,000 residents.
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.
How the places next to Arvagh compare on work
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvagh | 73% | 9.6% | €47K | 27.8 min | — | — |
| Ballinagh 11 km | 64% | 13% | €53K | 29.3 min | C− | C |
| Drumlish 16.5 km | 65% | 11% | €47K | 28.3 min | C | C |
| Cavan 16.5 km | 63% | 14% | €48K | 24.5 min | C− | C |
| Granard 16.7 km | 64% | 13% | €40K | 22.1 min | C | A− |
| Mohill 18.7 km | 63% | 16% | €38K | 26.6 min | D− | C |
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 Arvagh, 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 Arvagh
What is the unemployment rate in Arvagh?
9.6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
How do people in Arvagh get to work?
71% of commuters go by car or van, 16% walk, 0.6% cycle and 1.1% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 8.3% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Arvagh?
Trips to work, school or college take 27.8 minutes on average; 12% take an hour or more and 48% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Arvagh?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Arvagh’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Arvagh 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 Arvagh 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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