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Find your town in County Donegal

New rents across the county averaged €977 a month in 2025. The 2022 census counted 167,084 residents in County Donegal. At the top of the towns in County Donegal stands Donegal, #66 among 320 in the country. People in County Donegal numbered 5.0% more in 2022 than at the 2016 census. The median household income across the county is €42,497 a year (2022).

6graded towns
64places with a page
Letterkennylargest · 22,549
#1 in County DonegalDonegalA−#2 in County DonegalCarndonaghB−#3 in County DonegalBuncranaC+#4 in County DonegalBallybofey-StranorlarC+
County Donegal at a glance

What County Donegal is like

The median ranked town in County Donegal grades highest on cost of living and hazard risk against towns across Ireland, and lowest on walkability. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in County Donegal against Irish towns · the line marks the median town in Ireland
How the towns in County Donegal grade overall6 ranked towns
A1B1C3D1

1 of 6 (17%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Donegal, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Donegal compares with Ireland’s other counties, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subject
The finder

Find a town that’s…

6 towns · ordered by county rank

A−

Donegal

Town · 2,749 people · #66 of 320 nationally

StrongestB+Hazard riskB+Cost of livingLowestB−Walkability
B−

Carndonagh

Town · 2,768 people · #156 of 320 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingAHazard riskLowestDJobs & income
C+

Buncrana

Town · 6,971 people · #187 of 320 nationally

StrongestACost of livingB−HealthLowestDWalkability
C+

Ballybofey-Stranorlar

Town · 5,406 people · #200 of 320 nationally

StrongestACost of livingC+SafetyLowestDWalkability
C

Bundoran

Town · 2,599 people · #217 of 320 nationally

StrongestA−Cost of livingA−Hazard riskLowestC−Jobs & income
D

Letterkenny

Large town · 22,549 people · #282 of 320 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingB−Jobs & incomeLowestDHazard risk
No overall grade

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.

Ballyshannon2,246 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety C, Cost of living A−, Health C−, Jobs & income C−, Walkability B, Hazard risk CConvoy1,702 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety B, Cost of living A−, Health D, Jobs & income C−, Walkability D−, Hazard risk BLifford1,613 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety C+, Cost of living A, Health D−, Jobs & income D−, Walkability D, Hazard risk CMuff1,418 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A, Cost of living B+, Health A−, Jobs & income B, Walkability D, Hazard risk CMoville1,390 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living A−, Health C+, Jobs & income C, Walkability B−, Hazard risk B−Ramelton1,288 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living B−, Health B, Jobs & income C+, Walkability D, Hazard risk B−Greencastle1,268 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living B, Health B, Jobs & income B, Walkability D−, Hazard risk D−Killybegs1,258 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living A−, Health B, Jobs & income B, Walkability B−, Hazard risk CAn Clochán Liath1,247 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety C, Cost of living B+, Health C−, Jobs & income D, Walkability C−, Hazard risk CNewtowncunningham1,192 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A, Cost of living A−, Health C−, Jobs & income D, Walkability D, Hazard risk A−Raphoe1,161 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living A, Health D−, Jobs & income D, Walkability C−, Hazard risk DMilford1,076 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety C, Cost of living A, Health B−, Jobs & income C+, Walkability D−, Hazard risk B
Every town

46 smaller places in County Donegal

With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Donegal, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.

46 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Ailt An ChorráinAn Bun BeagAn CharraigAn Fál CarrachAnagaireArdaraBallindraitBallintraBallyliffinBridge EndBun Na LeacaBurnfootCarraig AirtCarrigansCarrowkeelCastlefinnCill CharthaighCloghfinClonmanyCreesloughCuldaffDoirí BeagaDrumkeenDunfanaghyDunkineelyFahanGleann Cholm CilleGleneelyGlentiesGort An ChoirceKildrumKillygordonKilmacrennanLaghyLoch An IúirMalinManorcunninghamMountcharlesMín LárachNa DúnaibhPettigoQuigleys PointRann Na FeirsteRathmullanSt. JohnstonTievebane
Next door

Counties next to County Donegal

The counties that share a border with it: each one’s places, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.

Leitrim14 places, 1 graded

Questions about County Donegal

How do the biggest towns in County Donegal grade?

Letterkenny grades D overall, with its best grade in cost of living. Next in size, Buncrana grades C+, best in cost of living.

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 Donegal, where five or more have an overall grade.

How does County Donegal compare with the other counties?

Its report card puts County Donegal 26th of 26 counties overall, a grade of D−, from official county figures and its towns’ grades together; hazard risk is its strongest subject there and jobs & income its weakest.

Is every town in County Donegal 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. Ballyshannon, Convoy, Lifford, Muff and 8 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.

Photos: Donegal, P L Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Carndonagh, Rossographer (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Buncrana, dan kearney (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Ballybofey-Stranorlar, P L Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Bundoran, Joseph Mischyshyn (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Letterkenny, Miguel Mendez from Malahide, Ireland (CC BY 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).