Ballinalee, Co. Longford scores 51/100 for quality of life, #100 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €191,500 (most €157,500–€262,000), it scores 77/100 for safety (35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 395 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and safety, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 51/100 are measured across the N39 Eircode area, not Ballinalee alone — an area that takes in much of LONGFORD. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
Ranked on quality of life alone — cost of living excluded, so the genuinely best areas rank top even though they cost more. Factor in price and Ballinalee is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the N39 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Roscommon/Longford). Neither is measured for Ballinalee on its own.
395 people.
Population is for Ballinalee itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Ballinalee, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballinalee, Co. Longford, scores 51/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #100 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and safety.
Ballinalee scores 77/100 on safety, ~35.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballinalee over the last 24 months was €191,500, with most sales between €157,500 and €262,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballinalee over the last 24 months was €191,500, most between €157,500 and €262,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballinalee is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 15% → 10%, in line with nationally.
6 planning applications were lodged within Ballinalee in the last 12 months, covering 11 residential units (19 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballinalee scores 73/100 for families and community.
Ballinalee scores 20/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballinalee is about 97 minutes by road from Dublin.
Sale prices from the Property Price Register (rolling 24 months). Quality of Life averages seven equal-weighted dimensions from 40+ metrics across 13 public datasets (CSO census + SAPS, Garda crime, SEAI, EPA, DES schools, GTFS). Population is CSO Census 2022; the “on the up” trajectory compares 2016→2022. Figures refresh daily · an area assessment, not advice on a specific property. Updated August 2026.