Riverstown has higher household incomes than 90% of Irish towns
From Riverstown, trips to work, school or college average 26 minutes, with 4.7% taking an hour or more. The Jobs & income grade for Riverstown is A, #10 of 54 in County Cork. Unemployment in Riverstown stood at 5.1% at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns.
Riverstown and work: the main findings
Less unemployment than most towns
5.1% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 1.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household in Riverstown had €83,470 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.
Jobs & income in Riverstown: graded A
Its four measures together rank it better than 93% of Irish towns, #10 of 54 in County Cork.
Its strongest measure is the unemployment rate; its weakest, trip times.
Graded against Irish towns of 1,000 people or more; a shorter trip and less unemployment count in its favor.
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Riverstown: 70%
Of the 53 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Cork, 32 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
1.6% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 48% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 62% 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.
Half the households here have more than €83,470 a year
Riverstown’s median is 38% above County Cork’s (€60,671). One of the county’s 53 other towns of 2,500 people or more has a higher median. After tax, the median is €67,030. The State median is €60,123, 28% below Riverstown’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
What the people of Riverstown do for work
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 24%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 0.3%.
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.
Without a car, 7.4% of Riverstown’s commuters get to work
Home is the main workplace for 9.2%, where the middle of Irish towns has 11%. The bus takes 3.9% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. On foot 2.7%, by bike 0.7%: the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%. The car or van carries most commuters: 83%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
A run to work or school from Riverstown much like the middle of Irish towns
The middle of County Cork has 59% of trips at 15 to 44 minutes; here it is 61%, the commonest length. In the middle of County Cork, the trip averages 24.8 minutes. Among County Cork’s 54 towns counted, 38 have shorter trips on average. Against 33% in the middle of County Cork, 29% of trips take under 15 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 Cork city: the count since 2019
6,264 people were signing on in Cork city in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count rose by 8%. Its lowest month since 2019 was February 2022, at 5,170. Cork city: signing on peaked in July 2020 at 7,209, 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. 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).
62% of Riverstown’s adults have a job
Compared with Irish towns, 15% are full-time students (against 11%) and 9.3% 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.
Walking in Riverstown earns C
Better than 29% of Irish towns on two measures together, #38 of 54 in County Cork.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (70%).
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.
Riverstown next to Irish towns of 2,600 to 4,900: 3rd of 90 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annacotty County Limerick | 3,398 | 71% | 6% | €90K | A+ |
| 2 | Glanmire County Cork | 4,454 | 71% | 5.6% | €87K | A+ |
| 3 | Riverstown County Cork | 3,664 | 70% | 5.1% | €83K | A |
| 4 | Blarney County Cork | 2,779 | 73% | 5.4% | €67K | A |
| 5 | Stamullen County Meath | 3,720 | 74% | 5% | €84K | A |
| 6 | Crosshaven County Cork | 3,263 | 72% | 4.9% | €70K | A |
| 7 | Lehenagh County Cork | 4,154 | 69% | 6.8% | €79K | A |
| 8 | Tramore County Cork | 4,803 | 71% | 6.8% | €62K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 90 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Riverstown, and others in County Cork.
How Riverstown compares with the places nearby
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstown | 70% | 5.1% | €83K | 26 min | A | C |
| Glanmire 1.6 km | 71% | 5.6% | €87K | 24.6 min | A+ | D |
| Ballyvolane 2.5 km | 70% | 6.4% | €74K | 25.3 min | A | D |
| Mayfield 4 km | 49% | 20% | €38K | 25.2 min | D− | A− |
| Tivoli 4.1 km | 71% | 7.7% | €57K | 27.1 min | B+ | B |
| Glounthaune 4.4 km | 73% | 4.3% | €76K | 24.6 min | A+ | D |
| Montenotte 4.7 km | 69% | 7.5% | €55K | 26.7 min | B+ | A− |
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 Riverstown, 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 Riverstown
What is the unemployment rate in Riverstown?
5.1% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 1.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Riverstown a good place to find work?
Riverstown earns an A for jobs and income, better than 93% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #10 of 54 in County Cork.
How do people in Riverstown get to work?
83% of commuters go by car or van, 2.7% walk, 0.7% cycle and 4% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 9.2% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Riverstown?
Trips to work, school or college take 26 minutes on average; 4.7% take an hour or more and 29% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Riverstown?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Riverstown’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Riverstown 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 Riverstown 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).