Kernanstown, Co. Carlow scores 55/100 for quality of life, #56 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks. The median home sells for €274,000 (most €274,000–€274,000), it scores 65/100 for safety (43.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 117 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
These seven scores and the 55/100 are measured across the R93 Eircode area, not Kernanstown alone — an area that takes in much of Carlow. 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 Kernanstown is #49 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R93 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kilkenny/Carlow). Neither is measured for Kernanstown on its own.
117 people.
Population is for Kernanstown 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 Kernanstown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kernanstown, Co. Carlow, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #56 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Kernanstown scores 65/100 on safety, ~43.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kernanstown over the last 24 months was €274,000, with most sales between €274,000 and €274,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Kernanstown over the last 24 months was €274,000, most between €274,000 and €274,000 (Property Price Register).
Kernanstown scores 71/100 for families and community.
Kernanstown scores 38/100 for schools and education.
Kernanstown is about 58 minutes by road from Waterford.
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.