Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon scores 56/100 for quality of life, #51 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €280,000 (most €203,750–€311,250), it scores 71/100 for safety (37.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 388 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
About average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 56/100 are measured across the F42 Eircode area, not Knockcroghery alone — an area that takes in much of Roscommon. 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 Knockcroghery is #38 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F42 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Roscommon/Longford). Neither is measured for Knockcroghery on its own.
388 people.
Population is for Knockcroghery 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 Knockcroghery, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #51 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The F42 Eircode area around Knockcroghery scores 71/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Roscommon/Longford, records ~37.6 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Knockcroghery on its own.
Knockcroghery is rated "above average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging +1.0 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -3.7 to +6.2) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Knockcroghery over the last 24 months was €280,000, with most sales between €203,750 and €311,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Knockcroghery over the last 24 months was €280,000, most between €203,750 and €311,250 (Property Price Register).
Knockcroghery is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall.
1 planning application was lodged within Knockcroghery in the last 12 months (12 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Knockcroghery scores 84/100 for families and community.
Knockcroghery scores 37/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Knockcroghery is about 75 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 October 2026.