Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath scores 53/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €312,000 (most €280,000–€343,750), it scores 31/100 for safety (99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,289 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on safety.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than 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 Kinnegad is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
2,289 people.
91st most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Ranked against small towns only. Tourist towns read high — the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #91 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Kinnegad scores 31/100 on safety, ~99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kinnegad over the last 24 months was €312,000, most between €280,000 and €343,750 (Property Price Register).
Kinnegad is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 17% → 10% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Kinnegad — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
3 planning applications were lodged within Kinnegad in the last 12 months (31 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kinnegad scores 79/100 for families and community.
Kinnegad scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Kinnegad is about 51 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.