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Find your town in County Louth

For a new letting, the county average in 2025 was €1,433 a month. At the last census, in 2022, County Louth was home to 139,703 people. Ardee is the best-graded town in County Louth, #229 of 320 across the country. Between the 2016 and 2022 censuses, the population of County Louth rose 8.4%. In 2022 the middle household in the county had a gross income of €54,600.

3graded towns
21places with a page
Droghedalargest · 44,135
#229 in IrelandArdeeC#266 in IrelandDundalkC−#267 in IrelandDroghedaC−
County Louth at a glance

What County Louth is like

Too few towns in County Louth have an overall grade for a ranking, so this reads all 10 that have subject grades (1,000 residents or more). Against towns across Ireland, their middle town is strongest on hazard risk and health, weakest on walkability.

The median town, subject by subjectThe middle of the 10 towns in County Louth with subject grades, against Irish towns · the line marks the median town in Ireland
How the towns in County Louth grade overall3 ranked towns
C3

0 of 3 (0%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.

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

Find a town that’s…

Each town’s place in the country is beside it.

3 towns · in national order

C

Ardee

Town · 5,478 people

StrongestB−Cost of livingB−HealthLowestC−Jobs & income
C−

Dundalk

Large town · 43,112 people

StrongestB−WalkabilityB−Cost of livingLowestDHazard risk
C−

Drogheda

Large town · 44,135 people

StrongestA−Hazard riskB−WalkabilityLowestCCost of living
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.

Clogherhead2,275 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A, Cost of living C+, Health B−, Jobs & income C+, Walkability D, Hazard risk C−Dunleer2,143 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety C−, Cost of living B−, Health C, Jobs & income C−, Walkability C−, Hazard risk A+Termonfeckin1,983 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety C, Cost of living C−, Health C+, Jobs & income B−, Walkability C−, Hazard risk CTullyallen1,697 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety C, Cost of living C−, Health A−, Jobs & income A−, Walkability D, Hazard risk A−Carlingford1,528 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety B−, Cost of living C+, Health B+, Jobs & income D, Walkability C, Hazard risk D−Dromiskin1,292 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living C, Health B, Jobs & income C+, Walkability D−, Hazard risk A−Castlebellingham-Kilsaran1,232 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living B−, Health C+, Jobs & income C+, Walkability D, Hazard risk B+
Every town

11 smaller places in County Louth

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

11 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
AnnagassanBaltrayBeaulieuCollonJenkinstownKnockbridgeLouthOmeathRamparkTallanstownTinure
Next door

Counties next to County Louth

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

Meath33 places, 11 graded · #1 Ashbourne (A+)Monaghan19 places, 3 graded

Questions about County Louth

How do the biggest towns in County Louth grade?

Drogheda grades C− overall, with its best grade in hazard risk. Next in size, Dundalk grades C−, best in walkability.

How does County Louth compare with the other counties?

Its report card puts County Louth 25th of 26 counties overall, a grade of D−, from official county figures and its towns’ grades together; walkability is its strongest subject there and cost of living its weakest.

Is every town in County Louth 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?

A county ranks its towns once five or more have an overall grade; County Louth has fewer, so its towns stand in national order. Clogherhead, Dunleer, Termonfeckin, Tullyallen and 3 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.

Photos: Ardee, Jonathan Billinger (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Dundalk, Eric Jones (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Drogheda, William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland (CC BY-SA 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).