Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Killorglin has lower household incomes than 82% of Irish towns
The average trip to work, school or college from Killorglin takes 22.3 minutes, with 6.3% taking an hour or more. On jobs and income together, Killorglin grades C+. At the 2022 census, 11% of the labour force in Killorglin had no job, next to 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns.
Where Killorglin stands out on work
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Killorglin had €43,339 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 22.3 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 6.3% 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.
Jobs and income in Killorglin earn C+
Its four measures together rank it better than 42% of Irish towns.
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.
Killorglin households: €43,339 a year at the median
That puts Killorglin 10% below the median for County Kerry as a whole, €48,320. Of the county’s 5 towns of 2,500 or more, 2 have a higher median. Net of tax, it is €39,754. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 39% above Killorglin’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Less time on the road to work or school from Killorglin than in the middle of Irish towns
Trips of under 15 minutes make up 53%, close to the middle of County Kerry. In County Kerry, 4 of 5 towns counted average a shorter 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.
What Killorglin does for a living
Professional services, health and education is the second-largest at 21%, against 25% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 2.3%.
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.
In Killorglin, 68% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Kerry, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 3.1% of people aged 15 and over. Among the unemployed, 45% had been out of work that long. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 54% 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.
Without a car, 19% of Killorglin’s commuters get to work
More people work mainly from home here than in the middle of County Kerry: 13% against 8%. By car or van: 67% of commuters, next to 71% in the middle of County Kerry. The bus takes 0.9% of commuters, against 6% in the middle of Irish towns. On foot 17%, by bike 1.1%: the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
County Kerry on the Live Register since 2019
4,870 people were signing on in County Kerry in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 7%. For 30 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. Killorglin office saw its highest month in January 2019: 611 people signing on, 21% 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).
54% of adults in Killorglin are in work
Compared with Irish towns, 8.1% are full-time students and 19% 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.
On getting around on foot, Killorglin grades B−
Better than 48% of Irish towns on two measures together.
Of the everyday places, a pharmacy is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (56%).
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.
The work picture around Killorglin
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killorglin | 68% | 11% | €43K | 22.3 min | C+ | B− |
| Milltown 6.7 km | 65% | 12% | €52K | 22.7 min | C+ | 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 Killorglin, 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 Killorglin
What is the unemployment rate in Killorglin?
11% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.1% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Killorglin a good place to find work?
Killorglin earns a C+ for jobs and income, better than 42% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Killorglin get to work?
67% of commuters go by car or van, 17% walk, 1.1% cycle and 1.1% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 13% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Killorglin?
Trips to work, school or college take 22.3 minutes on average; 6.3% take an hour or more and 53% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Killorglin?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Killorglin’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Killorglin 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 Killorglin 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).