Photo: Deadstar · CC BY-SA 3.0Ballyconnell has lower household incomes than 93% of Irish towns
At the 2022 census, 12% of the labour force in Ballyconnell had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. Ballyconnell grades C+ for jobs and income. The trip to work, school or college averages 22.1 minutes from Ballyconnell; for 7.1%, it takes an hour or more.
The work figures that set Ballyconnell apart
More unemployment than most towns
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 4.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Ballyconnell had €39,090 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 ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 22.1 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 7.1% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
The Jobs & income grade for Ballyconnell: C+
Better than 39% of Irish towns on four measures taken together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
Graded against Irish towns of 1,000 people or more; a shorter trip and less unemployment count in its favor.
Ranks start at 2,500 residents, so this grade has no rank.
How the grade works
Four measures, weighed equally against every Irish town of 1,000 people or more: median gross household income (CSO, 2022), people at work as a share of residents aged 15 to 64, the unemployment rate and the average trip to work, school or college (all three Census 2022). Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
Work for 69% of 15-to-64s in Ballyconnell
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 4.7% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 57% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 58% 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.
How much households earn in Ballyconnell: €39,090
That puts Ballyconnell 25% 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 €36,110. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 54% above Ballyconnell’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Getting to work or school from Ballyconnell takes less time than in the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Cavan has 50% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 55%. In the middle of County Cavan, the trip averages 26.9 minutes. Of the 5 towns of County Cavan counted, none has 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.
The work of Ballyconnell’s residents, industry by industry
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 17%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 1.4%.
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.
Ballyconnell commutes on foot, by bike or bus for 20% of trips
The car or van carries most commuters: 75%. Against 11% in the middle of Irish towns, 4.6% work mainly from home. The bus takes 2.3% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. 16% walk to work, against 10% in the middle of Irish towns.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
The count signing on in County Cavan is 25% below its 2019 level
2,448 people were signing on in County Cavan in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count 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. Ballyconnell office: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 698, 14% 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.
People signing on each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
What adults in Ballyconnell do: 58% are in work
The mix is close to Irish towns’ as a whole.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
On getting around on foot, Ballyconnell grades B−
Better than 54% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (60%).
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.
Work in and around Ballyconnell
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyconnell | 69% | 12% | €39K | 22.1 min | C+ | B− |
| Belturbet 9 km | 58% | 19% | €34K | 26.4 min | D− | C+ |
| Ballinamore 16.3 km | 64% | 14% | €40K | 25.5 min | D | B+ |
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 Ballyconnell, 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 Ballyconnell
What is the unemployment rate in Ballyconnell?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 4.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Ballyconnell a good place to find work?
Ballyconnell earns a C+ for jobs and income, better than 39% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Ballyconnell get to work?
75% of commuters go by car or van, 16% walk, 1.8% cycle and 2.7% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 4.6% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Ballyconnell?
Trips to work, school or college take 22.1 minutes on average; 7.1% take an hour or more and 55% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Ballyconnell?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Ballyconnell’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Ballyconnell 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 Ballyconnell travel and how long their trips take.
Sources: CSO Census 2022 SAPS · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · CSO Live Register (LRM07) · OpenStreetMap (ODbL) · grades: TownRatings. 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).