Blessington, Co. Wicklow scores 66/100 for quality of life, #28 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €400,000 (most €297,500–€543,750), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 5,088 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 66/100 are measured across the W91 Eircode area, not Blessington alone — an area that takes in much of Wicklow. 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 Blessington is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the W91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Blessington on its own.
5,088 people.
Population is for Blessington itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
61st most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Blessington, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Blessington, Co. Wicklow, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #28 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Blessington scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Blessington over the last 24 months was €400,000, with most sales between €297,500 and €543,750 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Blessington over the last 24 months was €400,000, most between €297,500 and €543,750 (Property Price Register).
Blessington is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise, prices up 13.8%, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Blessington — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
31 planning applications were lodged within Blessington in the last 12 months, covering 428 residential units (209 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Blessington scores 81/100 for families and community.
Blessington scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 6 schools in the area.
Blessington is about 37 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 October 2026.