Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2015, Rahoon’s home prices have outrun the typical Irish town: up 269% against +129%
The median home in Rahoon sells for €425,000. That is the middle of 215 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 3.7 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rahoon’s cost of living page.
52% of the homes sold in Rahoon were new
215 market sales in three years: 111 new homes and 104 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 23% more.
median sale · 111 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €465K 63 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 104 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 215 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €373K–€480K
- Last 12 months
- €462K 120 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
52% of the sales were new homes
Market sales on the Property Price Register, 2023–25. The register says whether a home was new or second-hand, not its type or size. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%. A median needs 30 sales.
Half of Rahoon’s homes sold for between €373K and €480K
One sale in ten was under €305K and one in ten over €535K. 2% sold for under €250K and 12% for €500K or more.
The median, €425,000, sits in the €400–500K band
215 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.7 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €125,000 in 2015 to €461,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
89 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 89, and the quietest 2011, with 11.
Rahoon costs more than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Galway’s towns of 2,500 or more, and the typical Irish town.
Property Price Register: every market sale placed in the town since 2010, VAT included; a year’s median needs 30 sales. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted.
52% of the homes sold in Rahoon in three years were new
111 new homes and 104 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
71% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 55% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €465,000
against €377,000 for a home sold on, 23% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
Filed without VAT
Most new homes are filed on the register without VAT. Every figure here adds back 13.5%, so new and second-hand compare like for like.
Property Price Register, 2023–25: 111 new and 104 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Letteragh Road is Rahoon’s busiest street or estate, with 105 sales in three years
10 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 2 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letteragh Road | 105 | €465,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Rosan Glas | 16 | €383,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Cul Gharrai | 8 | €465,000 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Friars Hill | 7 | €400,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Bishop Odonnell Road | 6 | €357,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Bun An Chnoic | 6 | €457,500 | Mostly new |
| 7 | Cruachan Park | 6 | €552,500 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Gort Greine | 6 | €358,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Bun A Chnoic | 5 | €411,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Culgharrai | 5 | €430,000 | Mostly new |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Rahoon is the 4th most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Rahoon is one of County Galway’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Galway, by their median home of 2023–25; * marks a routing-key median (fewer than 30 sales in the town). Each links to its own Housing page.
Cheaper nearby: Dangan, Newcastle and Taylor's Hill.
The towns around Rahoon: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.
| Town | Median sale | Sales, 3 years | Since 2015 | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahoon | €425K | 215 | +269% | |
| Dangan | €373K | 7 | – | 0.8 |
| Newcastle | €383K | 111 | +110% | 1.1 |
| Taylor's Hill | €373K | 22 | – | 1.3 |
| Salthill | €457K | 212 | +137% | 2.2 |
| Knocknacarra | €405K | 322 | +85% | 2.3 |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | €373K | 0 | – | 2.4 |
A routing-key price (fewer than 30 sales in the town) counts for its whole postal area. Rents are each town’s own RTB figure where published, else its district’s, city’s or county’s.
Questions about property prices in Rahoon
What is the average house price in Rahoon?
The median home in Rahoon sold for €425,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 215 market sales on the Property Price Register (€462,200 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Rahoon?
The median sale was €420,700 in 2024 and €461,000 in 2025: it went up 10%.
How many homes sell in Rahoon each year?
89 sales in Rahoon were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 43 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
How much does a new build cost in Rahoon?
New homes sold for a median €465,000 over three years, against €377,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 52% of sales.
Is Rahoon expensive for County Galway?
Rahoon is the 3rd most expensive of 20 towns of 2,500 or more in County Galway by median sale price.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Yes: the Property Price Register publishes every residential sale with its address and price at propertypriceregister.ie. This page shows the town’s medians and counts.
Sales: Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority. House prices by Eircode routing key, RTB rents and household incomes: CSO, CC BY 4.0. Routing-key areas: Autoaddress.
Sources: Property Price Register (PSRA), 2010–2026 · CSO HPA04 house prices by Eircode routing key, 2023–25. 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).