LetterkennyCo. Donegal vs MuffCo. DonegalTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iLetterkenny sits in F92, Muff in F93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Letterkenny
Muff

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

TOWNS
Letterkenny
Co. DONEGAL · in F92 · pop 17,113 · 68 small areas
Muff
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop 1,213 · 4 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€205k
€220k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€133k – €295k
€190k – €260k
Sales (24m)
695
37
Price momentum (YoY)
+119.0%
+5.8%
New-build share
8.8%
0.0%
Schools, health & amenities● TOWN · counts
Count of each facility whose location falls inside the town boundary. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.
Schools
5 prim · 3 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Letterkenny · 8 schools (largest first)
St Eunan's College Secondary
1,014 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Loreto Secondary School Secondary
944 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Ailigh Secondary
321 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Choilmcille Primary
661 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Muire Gan Smal Primary
479 pupils · Catholic
Letterkenny Educate Together Ns Primary
421 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain Primary
406 pupils · Catholic
S N Baile Raighin Primary
222 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Muff · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Naomh Brid Primary
199 pupils · Catholic
Creches
18
2
GP practices
2
0
Pharmacies
10
1
Hospitals
3
0
Bus stops
16
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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.
Dublin
194m · ~230 rush
206m · ~240 rush
Galway
216m · ~240 rush
239m · ~265 rush
Limerick
262m · ~280 rush
286m · ~305 rush
Waterford
300m · ~315 rush
311m · ~325 rush
Cork
342m · ~365 rush
362m · ~385 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.7
-3.8
Letterkenny · 12 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Letterkenny UrbanBelow average
-4BallymacoolBelow average
-3Letterkenny RuralBelow average
-3EdenacarnanBelow average
-1CorravaddyBelow average
0GortnavernBelow average
+0BallymacoolAbove average
+1CorravaddyAbove average
+2GortnavernAbove average
+3EdenacarnanAbove average
+4CastlewrayAbove average
+5CastlewrayAffluent
Muff · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6KilderryBelow average
-2KilderryBelow average
Third-level educated
45.2%
38.9%
Professional class
40.1%
38.3%
Unemployment
11.9%
11.2%
Owner-occupier
51.1%
79.6%
Private rental
29.8%
12.1%
Social housing (LA)
10.6%
4.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F92 / F93
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (LetterkennyF92, MuffF93); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
59/100
54/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F92 / F93) 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.

LetterkennyMuffOverall (avg)
Safety59715471
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2722
Family7580
Education3117
Environment7769
Economic2919
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#85
#101
County rank
#1
#3
Safety
71/100
71/100
Crime / 1,000
44.8
44.8

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.

Letterkenny Below average-1.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Letterkenny Urban -7 (least affluent) → Castlewray +5 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Muff Below average-3.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilderry -6 (least affluent) → Kilderry -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

● TOWN
Prices, amenities & commute — exact, 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. The figures the routing-key area page can't give you.

● ED
Affluence, profile & tenure — Electoral-Division level.

Pobal HP, third-level, class, unemployment, tenure are published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town's EDs — a range where the town spans several EDs (see the bar above).

● AREA
Liveability & safety — wider-area, not the town.

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

Population & growth are loaded for ~7 counties so far (not Leinster yet); rent & yield are too sparse per town. Tap Schools or Affluence to drill in. Built from 72 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
LetterkennyMuff
The verdict

Letterkenny is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Muff’s 0, with 3 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and public transport. Muff doesn’t lead on any.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

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