Find your town in County Mayo
At the last census, in 2022, County Mayo was home to 137,970 people. Claremorris is the best-graded town in County Mayo, #15 of 320 across the country. Between the 2016 and 2022 censuses, the population of County Mayo rose 5.7%. In 2022 the middle household in the county had a gross income of €48,665. Tenants signing in 2025 paid €1,117 a month on average across the county.
What County Mayo is like
The median ranked town in County Mayo grades highest on cost of living and safety against towns across Ireland, and lowest on hazard risk. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
2 of 6 (33%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Mayo, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Mayo compares with Ireland’s other counties, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
6 towns · ordered by county rank
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.
21 smaller places in County Mayo
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Mayo, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.
21 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Counties next to County Mayo
The counties that share a border with it: each one’s places, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about County Mayo
How do the biggest towns in County Mayo grade?
Castlebar grades B overall, with its best grade in safety. Next in size, Ballina 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 Mayo, where five or more have an overall grade.
How does County Mayo compare with the other counties?
On its report card, which sets official figures for the whole county beside how its towns grade, County Mayo comes 9th of 26 counties overall (B+). It does best on safety and worst on hazard risk.
Is every town in County Mayo 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. Swinford, Foxford, Kiltimagh, Charlestown-Bellahy and 3 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Claremorris, Original author and uploader was Sarah777 at en.wikipedia (Public domain) · Westport, Marathon (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Ballyhaunis, JohnArmagh (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Ballinrobe, C Michael Hogan (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Castlebar, Munifico (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Ballina, Sottobosco90 (CC BY-SA 4.0), 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).