Cootehill, Co. Cavan scores 74/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €190,000 (most €150,000–€263,750), it scores 74/100 for safety (40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,781 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 74/100 are measured across the H16 Eircode area, not Cootehill alone — an area that takes in much of CAVAN. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the H16 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Cootehill on its own.
1,781 people.
Population is for Cootehill 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 Cootehill, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Cootehill, Co. Cavan, scores 74/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Cootehill scores 74/100 on safety, ~40.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Cootehill over the last 24 months was €190,000, most between €150,000 and €263,750 (Property Price Register).
Cootehill is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 22% → 11% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
About 4% of homes sold in Cootehill in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
10 planning applications were lodged within Cootehill in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (75 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Cootehill scores 83/100 for families and community.
Cootehill scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Cootehill is about 102 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.