Foxford, Co. Mayo scores 49/100 for quality of life, #86 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €200,000 (most €140,000–€273,750), it scores 74/100 for safety (32.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,042 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 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 49/100 are measured across the F26 Eircode area, not Foxford alone — an area that takes in much of Mayo. 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 Foxford is #75 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F26 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Foxford on its own.
1,042 people.
Population is for Foxford 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 Foxford, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Foxford, Co. Mayo, scores 49/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #86 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The F26 Eircode area around Foxford scores 74/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Mayo, records ~32.2 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Foxford on its own.
Foxford is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -7.3 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -10.7 to -3.9) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Foxford over the last 24 months was €200,000, with most sales between €140,000 and €273,750 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Foxford over the last 24 months was €200,000, most between €140,000 and €273,750 (Property Price Register).
Foxford is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 10%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Foxford — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
7 planning applications were lodged within Foxford in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (51 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Foxford scores 81/100 for families and community.
Foxford scores 14/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Foxford is about 93 minutes by road from Galway, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.