Town comparison · Claremorris vs Foxford

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Claremorris or Foxford?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Claremorris, Co. Mayo · F12 · 3,065 people | Foxford, Co. Mayo · F26 · 1,042 people

Claremorris is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Foxford’s 0, with 3 level.

Claremorris leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
24199

Claremorris aheadlevel or not comparableFoxford ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClaremorrisFoxford
iClaremorris sits in F12, Foxford in F26. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

Outlines are each town’s CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

Claremorris
Foxford

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

3,065
Population
1,042

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€219k
Median sale pricelower is better
€199k
Foxford leads
€150k – €285k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€135k – €243k
226
Sales (24m)
94
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
0.4%
New-build share
0.0%

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

1 prim · 2 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Claremorris leads
Claremorris · 3 schools (largest first)
Mount St Michael Secondary
404 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Cholmáin Secondary
378 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Claremorris National School Primary
358 pupils · Catholic
Foxford · 2 schools (largest first)
St Joseph's Secondary School Secondary
464 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Foxford Central Ns Primary
261 pupils · Catholic
6
Creches
2
Claremorris leads
1
GP practices
1
3
Pharmacies
1
Claremorris leads
0
Hospitals
0
7
Bus stops
7
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
5
Gyms & leisure
2
Claremorris leads
3
Parks & playgrounds
1
Claremorris leads
18
Sports pitches
8
Claremorris leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

2
Restaurants
0
Claremorris leads
1
Cafés
1
10
Pubs & bars
4
Claremorris leads
3
Takeaways
1
Claremorris leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
192
Residents per venuelower is better
174
Foxford leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

4
Supermarkets
1
Claremorris leads
8
Convenience shops
4
Claremorris leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Foxford leads
3
Banks
1
Claremorris leads
1
Post offices
1
2
Hairdressers
2
1
Dentists
0
Claremorris leads
0
Vets
0
5
Filling stations
2
Claremorris leads
4
EV charging
1
Claremorris leads
1
Library & community centre
0
Claremorris leads
106
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
80
Foxford leads

Commute by car

TOWN · from centre

Drive time from the town centre to each city centre — typical off-peak, with an estimated weekday rush hour. OSRM road routing.

58m · ~80 rush
Galwaylower is better
93m · ~115 rush
Claremorris leads
105m · ~125 rush
Limericklower is better
139m · ~155 rush
Claremorris leads
171m · ~205 rush
Dublinlower is better
177m · ~210 rush
Claremorris leads
184m · ~205 rush
Corklower is better
218m · ~240 rush
Claremorris leads
216m · ~230 rush
Waterfordlower is better
238m · ~250 rush
Claremorris leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.3
Claremorris leads
Claremorris · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5ClaremorrisBelow average
-1ClaremorrisBelow average
Foxford · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-11SraheenDisadvantaged
-8ToomoreDisadvantaged
-7SraheenBelow average
-4ToomoreBelow average
34.4%
Third-level educated
30.5%
Claremorris leads
32.0%
Professional class
33.4%
Foxford leads
11.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.3%
Claremorris leads
56.9%
Owner-occupier
77.1%
Foxford leads
31.5%
Private rental
13.9%
7.5%
Social housing (LA)
5.0%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F12 / F26

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ClaremorrisF12, FoxfordF26); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
68/100
Foxford leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F12 / F26) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town’s overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

ClaremorrisFoxfordOverall (avg)
Safety66826882
Affordability100100
Infrastructure3988
Family8683
Education3016
Environment8082
Economic4222
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#35
National ranklower is better
#28
Foxford leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#2
Foxford leads
82/100
Safety
82/100
26.9
Crime / 1,000
26.9

Affluence range

Pobal HP deprivation index, published per Electoral Division, so the spread shows the town’s poorest to richest ED. A town that is a single ED shows one mark, no range.

Claremorris Below average-3.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Claremorris -5 (least affluent) → Claremorris -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Foxford Below average-7.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Sraheen -11 (least affluent) → Toomore -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and town-specific.

Prices come from individual PPR sales inside the town’s Small-Area boundary; schools, GPs, transport, gyms and parks are counted the same way; commute is routed from the town centre.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Mayo), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 18 CSO Small Areas.

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