Knightstown, Co. Kerry scores 74/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €362,500 (most €276,750–€380,000), it scores 72/100 for safety (42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 244 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 — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 74/100 are measured across the V23 Eircode area, not Knightstown alone — an area that takes in much of KERRY. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the V23 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kerry). Neither is measured for Knightstown on its own.
244 people.
Population is for Knightstown 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 Knightstown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Knightstown, Co. Kerry, scores 74/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Knightstown scores 72/100 on safety, ~42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Knightstown over the last 24 months was €362,500, most between €276,750 and €380,000 (Property Price Register).
Knightstown is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 13% → 10%, in line with nationally.
5 planning applications were lodged within Knightstown in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (50 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Knightstown scores 85/100 for families and community.
Knightstown scores 56/100 for schools and education.
Knightstown is about 139 minutes by road from Cork.
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.