Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Tullamore trails that of 72% of Irish towns
For jobs and income, Tullamore earns a grade of C+, #220 of 321 Irish towns. Unemployment in Tullamore stood at 12% at the 2022 census, where the middle of Irish towns has 9.2%. People heading out of Tullamore for work or study spend 24.3 minutes travelling on average; 10% spend 60 minutes or longer.
What Tullamore’s work numbers say
More unemployment than most towns
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns; 3.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 24.3 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 10% 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.
On jobs and income, Tullamore grades C+
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the unemployment rate.
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.
In Tullamore, 64% of the working-age population has a job
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Offaly have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Long-term unemployment, a year or more out of work, covered 3.6% of people aged 15 and over. Put another way, 49% of the unemployed had been out of work for a year or more. Counting everyone aged 15 and over, retirees and students included, 53% 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.
Against the middle of Irish towns, Tullamore has the shorter trip to work or school
Under 15 minutes: 51% of trips, much as in the middle of County Offaly. In County Offaly, 2 of 4 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.
Where Tullamore’s residents work, by industry
Commerce and trade is the second-largest at 22%, against 26% across Irish towns; the smallest of the seven is farming, forestry and fishing, at 0.9%.
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.
Before tax, the median household in Tullamore has €53,484
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 53% of Irish towns.
That puts Tullamore 5% below the median for County Offaly as a whole, €56,048. One of the county’s 3 other towns of 2,500 people or more has a higher median. Net of tax, it is €47,470. Across Ireland the median household has €60,123, 12% above Tullamore’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
€49K to €70K: incomes from one part of Tullamore to another
Median gross household income in each of the 3 electoral divisions where 50 or more of Tullamore’s households live: the highest is 1.4 times the lowest.
| Electoral division | Households here | Median income (whole division) | Aged 15–64 in work (here) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tullamore Urban | 4,406 | €48,887 | 62% |
| Tullamore Rural | 1,074 | €70,042 | 72% |
| Cappancur | 144 | €65,984 | 58% |
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (GPIIA01): each division’s median covers all its households, including any outside Tullamore; households and the share in work are Tullamore’s own part (Census 2022, CSO SAPS).
Walk, cycle, bus or train: the choice of 21% of Tullamore’s commuters
Home is the main workplace for 7.4%, where the middle of Irish towns has 11%. Public transport: 1% by bus and 2.4% by rail, against 6% and 0.9% in the middle of Irish towns. Driving dominates: 71% go to work by car or van.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
Signing on in County Offaly, against the 2019 level
2,937 people were signing on in County Offaly in September 2026. Set against a year before, the count in September 2026 fell by 2%. It has stayed below its 2019 average for the last 73 months. Its lowest month since 2019 was March 2025, at 2,930.
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).
53% of Tullamore’s adults have a job
Compared with Irish towns, 6.9% are long-term sick or disabled (against 4.7%).
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
Everyday places on foot in Tullamore: B−
Of the everyday places, a post office is the one the fewest residents have within 800 m (27%).
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.
Tullamore is 61st of 78 Irish towns of 10,900 to 21,100 people for jobs and income
| # | Town | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballsbridge County Dublin | 12,743 | 80% | 5.2% | €99K | A+ |
| 2 | Rathmines East County Dublin | 16,923 | 77% | 5.4% | €94K | A+ |
| 3 | Templeogue County Dublin | 18,076 | 75% | 4.8% | €87K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 59 | Stoneybatter County Dublin | 18,644 | 69% | 9.9% | €62K | C+ |
| 60 | Sligo County Sligo | 20,608 | 64% | 11% | €46K | C+ |
| 61 | Tullamore County Offaly | 15,598 | 64% | 12% | €53K | C+ |
| 62 | Mallow County Cork | 13,456 | 64% | 9.4% | €51K | C |
| 63 | The Liberties County Dublin | 18,460 | 65% | 9.5% | €57K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 78 | Summerhill County Dublin | 11,911 | 60% | 15% | €45K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Tullamore, and others in County Offaly.
Work in and around Tullamore
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullamore | 64% | 12% | €53K | 24.3 min | C+ | B− |
| Kilbeggan 10.1 km | 65% | 11% | €49K | 23.4 min | C+ | C |
| Clara 11 km | 61% | 12% | €47K | 23.1 min | C | C− |
| Daingean 13.4 km | 62% | 14% | €56K | 31.6 min | D | D |
| Kilcormac 19.2 km | 56% | 19% | €46K | 26.3 min | D− | 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 Tullamore, 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 Tullamore
What is the unemployment rate in Tullamore?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.6% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Tullamore a good place to find work?
Tullamore earns a C+ for jobs and income, better than 36% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together, #220 of 321 Irish towns.
How do people in Tullamore get to work?
71% of commuters go by car or van, 14% walk, 3.5% cycle and 3.4% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 7.4% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Tullamore?
Trips to work, school or college take 24.3 minutes on average; 10% take an hour or more and 51% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Tullamore?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Tullamore’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Tullamore 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 Tullamore 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).