Glassan, Co. Westmeath scores 62/100 for quality of life, #48 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €390,000 (most €360,000–€420,000), it scores 31/100 for safety (99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,064 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on safety.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
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 Glassan is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,064 people.
Glassan, Co. Westmeath, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #48 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Glassan scores 31/100 on safety, ~99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Glassan over the last 24 months was €390,000, most between €360,000 and €420,000 (Property Price Register).
Glassan is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 8% → 4%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise, prices up 36.4%.
New builds are rare in Glassan — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
4 planning applications were lodged within Glassan in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (23 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Glassan scores 76/100 for families and community.
Glassan scores 62/100 for schools and education.
Glassan is about 70 minutes by road from Galway.
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.