Longford, Co. Longford scores 51/100 for quality of life, #100 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks. The median home sells for €189,000 (most €138,000–€256,000), it scores 77/100 for safety (35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 20,524 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and safety, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
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 Longford is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
20,524 people.
Longford, Co. Longford, scores 51/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #100 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and safety.
Longford scores 77/100 on safety, ~35.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Longford over the last 24 months was €189,000, most between €138,000 and €256,000 (Property Price Register).
New builds are rare in Longford — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
Longford scores 73/100 for families and community.
Longford scores 20/100 for schools and education, with 7 schools in the area.
Longford is about 96 minutes by road from Dublin, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.