Find your town in County Monaghan
People in County Monaghan numbered 6.4% more in 2022 than at the 2016 census. The median household income across the county is €50,617 a year (2022). A new tenancy in the county cost €1,028 a month on average in 2025. Some 65,288 people lived in County Monaghan in 2022. The county’s leader is Monaghan, placed #80 of the 320 ranked nationally.
What County Monaghan is like
Too few towns in County Monaghan have an overall grade for a ranking, so this reads all 5 that have subject grades (1,000 residents or more). Against towns across Ireland, their middle town is strongest on cost of living and hazard risk, weakest on jobs & income.
1 of 3 (33%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Monaghan, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Monaghan compares with Ireland’s other counties, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
Each town’s place in the country is beside it.
3 towns · in national order
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.
14 smaller places in County Monaghan
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Monaghan, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.
14 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Counties next to County Monaghan
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 Monaghan
How do the biggest towns in County Monaghan grade?
Carrickmacross grades B overall, with its best grade in hazard risk. Next in size, Castleblayney grades C+, best in cost of living.
How does County Monaghan compare with the other counties?
On its report card, which sets official figures for the whole county beside how its towns grade, County Monaghan comes 7th of 26 counties overall (A−). It does best on cost of living and worst on walkability.
Is every town in County Monaghan 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 Monaghan has fewer, so its towns stand in national order. Clones and Ballybay have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Monaghan, Unknown author Unknown author (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Carrickmacross, James Emmans (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Castleblayney, Eric Jones (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).