Photo: James Emmans · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Carrickmacross earn less than those in 74% of Irish towns
Unemployment in Carrickmacross stood at 12% at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. On jobs and income together, Carrickmacross grades C, #248 of 321 Irish towns.
What the numbers say about work in Carrickmacross
Work near the middle
66% of people aged 15 to 64 in Carrickmacross had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household in Carrickmacross had €46,294 a year before tax in 2022; the middle of Irish towns is €57,760. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
On jobs and income, Carrickmacross grades C
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.
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.
Carrickmacross households: €46,294 a year at the median
Carrickmacross’s median is 9% below County Monaghan’s (€50,617). After tax, the median is €41,212. The State median is €60,123, 30% above Carrickmacross’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
The work of Carrickmacross’ residents, industry by industry
The second-largest is Professional services, health and education, at 21% (against 25% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 2.9%.
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 Carrickmacross, 66% of the working-age population has a job
A larger share in work than in 37% of Irish towns.
3.7% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Put another way, 51% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 55% 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.
17% of Carrickmacross’ trips to work are on foot, by bike or public transport
13% walk and 0.6% cycle to work, against 10% and 2.4% in the middle of Irish towns. Driving dominates: 76% go to work by car or van. Mainly from home: 6.5% of residents in work, next to 11% in the middle of Irish towns. The middle of Irish towns has 6% going by bus; here it is 2.7%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Close to the middle of Irish towns: trips from Carrickmacross average 26.6 minutes
The middle of County Monaghan averages 24.6 minutes a trip. The middle of County Monaghan has 47% of trips under 15 minutes; here it is 45%.
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.
Signing on in County Monaghan, against the 2019 level
1,635 people were signing on in County Monaghan in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 11%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 49 months. Carrickmacross office saw its highest month in July 2019: 694 people signing on, 14% 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).
In work, studying or retired: 55% of Carrickmacross’ adults work
The mix is close to Irish towns’ as a whole.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Carrickmacross grades C+ for walkability
Fewest residents live within 800 m of a post office: 45%.
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.
75th of 98: where Carrickmacross ranks among Irish towns of 4,000 to 7,800
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballinlough County Cork | 5,435 | 74% | 4.8% | €72K | A+ |
| 2 | Carrigtwohill County Cork | 5,568 | 73% | 5.5% | €71K | A+ |
| 3 | Oranmore County Galway | 5,819 | 79% | 5.9% | €80K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 73 | Inchicore County Dublin | 5,285 | 68% | 11% | €51K | C |
| 74 | Tullow County Carlow | 5,138 | 64% | 12% | €47K | C |
| 75 | Carrickmacross County Monaghan | 5,745 | 66% | 12% | €46K | C |
| 76 | Newcastle County Galway | 4,032 | 56% | 12% | €42K | C |
| 77 | Roscrea County Tipperary | 5,542 | 63% | 13% | €44K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 98 | Courtown County Wexford | 4,365 | 60% | 15% | €44K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Carrickmacross, and others in County Monaghan.
How the places next to Carrickmacross compare on work
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrickmacross | 66% | 12% | €46K | 26.6 min | C | C+ |
| Kingscourt 10 km | 66% | 9.4% | €55K | 26.2 min | B− | C− |
| Castleblayney 15.7 km | 65% | 13% | €41K | 24.6 min | C− | C |
| Ardee 17.9 km | 63% | 12% | €47K | 27 min | C− | C |
| Bailieborough 18.2 km | 66% | 13% | €47K | 28 min | C− | C |
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 Carrickmacross, 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 Carrickmacross
What is the unemployment rate in Carrickmacross?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.7% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Carrickmacross a good place to find work?
Carrickmacross earns a C for jobs and income, better than 27% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #248 of 321 Irish towns.
How do people in Carrickmacross get to work?
76% of commuters go by car or van, 13% walk, 0.6% cycle and 2.7% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 6.5% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Carrickmacross?
Trips to work, school or college take 26.6 minutes on average; 12% take an hour or more and 45% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Carrickmacross?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Carrickmacross’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Carrickmacross 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 Carrickmacross 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).