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Find your town in County Sligo

County Sligo had 70,198 people at the 2022 census. The strongest overall grade in County Sligo belongs to Sligo, which ranks #226 of 320 nationally. Census counts show County Sligo up 7.1% from 2016 to 2022. Half the county’s households earned more than €50,438 in 2022, and half less. New rents across the county averaged €1,156 a month in 2025.

1graded town
21places with a page
Sligolargest · 20,608
#226 in IrelandSligoC
County Sligo at a glance

What County Sligo is like

Too few towns in County Sligo have an overall grade for a ranking, so this reads all 8 that have subject grades (1,000 residents or more). Against towns across Ireland, their middle town is strongest on safety and cost of living, weakest on hazard risk.

The median town, subject by subjectThe middle of the 8 towns in County Sligo with subject grades, against Irish towns · the line marks the median town in Ireland
How the towns in County Sligo grade overall1 ranked town
C1

0 of 1 (0%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Sligo, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Sligo 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.

1 town · in national order

C

Sligo

Large town · 20,608 people

StrongestB+Cost of livingBWalkabilityLowestDHazard risk
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.

Tubbercurry2,307 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety B+, Cost of living A−, Health C, Jobs & income D, Walkability C−, Hazard risk DStrandhill1,982 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 C−, Hazard risk C−Collooney1,797 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living B+, Health C+, Jobs & income B+, Walkability C−, Hazard risk DBallysadare1,747 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living B+, Health B+, Jobs & income A+, Walkability C−, Hazard risk DBallymote1,711 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living A+, Health B, Jobs & income C+, Walkability B−, Hazard risk C−Enniscrone1,291 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A, Cost of living B, Health B, Jobs & income B−, Walkability C, Hazard risk C−Coolaney1,155 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A+, Cost of living A−, Health B, Jobs & income A−, Walkability D−, Hazard risk C−
Every town

13 smaller places in County Sligo

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

13 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
BallincarBallintogherBallygawleyBallynacarrowCarneyCliffonyDromore WestEaskyGrangeGurteenMullaghmoreRiverstownRosses Point
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Counties next to County Sligo

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

Leitrim14 places, 1 gradedMayo34 places, 6 graded · #1 Claremorris (A+)Roscommon22 places, 2 graded

Questions about County Sligo

How does County Sligo compare with the other counties?

On its report card, which sets official figures for the whole county beside how its towns grade, County Sligo comes 14th of 26 counties overall (B−). It does best on walkability and worst on hazard risk.

Is every town in County Sligo 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 Sligo has fewer, so its towns stand in national order. Tubbercurry, Strandhill, Collooney, Ballysadare and 3 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.

Photos: Sligo, James Emmans (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).