Find your town in County Westmeath
The median household income across the county is €57,431 a year (2022). A new tenancy in the county cost €1,257 a month on average in 2025. Some 96,221 people lived in County Westmeath in 2022. The county’s leader is Moate, placed #74 of the 320 ranked nationally. County Westmeath grew by 8.4% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses.
What County Westmeath is like
Too few towns in County Westmeath 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 cost of living and safety, weakest on walkability.
1 of 4 (25%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Westmeath, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Westmeath 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.
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.
13 smaller places in County Westmeath
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Westmeath, 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
Counties next to County Westmeath
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 Westmeath
How do the biggest towns in County Westmeath grade?
Athlone grades C overall, with its best grade in cost of living. Next in size, Mullingar grades C+, best in hazard risk.
How does County Westmeath compare with the other counties?
Its report card puts County Westmeath 18th of 26 counties overall, a grade of C, from official county figures and its towns’ grades together; walkability is its strongest subject there and safety its weakest.
Is every town in County Westmeath 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 Westmeath has fewer, so its towns stand in national order. Kilbeggan, Killucan-Rathwire, Rochfortbridge and Castlepollard have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Moate, Spideog (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Mullingar, Shaun Nolan (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Athlone, Jonathan Thacker (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).