Find your town in County Waterford
County Waterford grew by 9.6% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses. Households in the county have a median gross income of €51,539 (2022). For a new letting, the county average in 2025 was €1,247 a month. At the last census, in 2022, County Waterford was home to 127,363 people. Grange Upper is the best-graded town in County Waterford, #144 of 320 across the country.
What County Waterford is like
The median ranked town in County Waterford grades highest on jobs & income and cost of living against towns across Ireland, and lowest on safety. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
0 of 12 (0%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Waterford, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Waterford compares with Ireland’s other counties, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
12 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.
15 smaller places in County Waterford
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Waterford, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.
15 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Counties next to County Waterford
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 Waterford
How do the biggest towns in County Waterford grade?
Tramore grades B− overall, with its best grade in jobs & income. Next in size, Dungarvan grades C+, best in hazard risk.
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 Waterford, where five or more have an overall grade.
How does County Waterford compare with the other counties?
Its report card puts County Waterford 24th of 26 counties overall, a grade of D, from official county figures and its towns’ grades together; walkability is its strongest subject there and safety its weakest.
Is every town in County Waterford 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. Portlaw, Dunmore East, Ballinroad, Lismore and 1 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Grange Upper, Charlie Doolally (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Tramore, Benutzer:Chieggie (Public domain) · Grantstown and Ballinakill, Marcin Drozd (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Dungarvan, P L Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Cleaboy, Charlie Doolally (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Lisduggan, 瑞丽江的河水 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Waterford City Centre, Jonathan Billinger (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Ballytruckle, Paul O'Farrell (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Ballybeg, David Hawgood (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Poleberry, David Dixon (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Grange, David Hawgood (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).