Baltimore, Co. Cork scores 59/100 for quality of life, #59 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €415,000 (most €288,500–€500,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 414 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and affordability, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Baltimore is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
414 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Baltimore, Co. Cork, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #59 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and affordability.
Baltimore scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Baltimore over the last 24 months was €415,000, most between €288,500 and €500,000 (Property Price Register).
Baltimore is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
About 2% of homes sold in Baltimore in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
24 planning applications were lodged within Baltimore in the last 12 months, covering 19 residential units (118 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Baltimore scores 86/100 for families and community.
Baltimore scores 56/100 for schools and education.
Baltimore is about 95 minutes by road from Cork.
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.