Milford, Co. Donegal scores 49/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €164,000 (most €98,000–€238,000), it scores 70/100 for safety (39 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,076 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 49/100 are measured across the F92 Eircode area, not Milford alone — an area that takes in much of Donegal. 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 Milford is #75 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F92 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Donegal). Neither is measured for Milford on its own.
1,076 people.
Population is for Milford 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 Milford, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Milford, Co. Donegal, scores 49/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #91 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The F92 Eircode area around Milford scores 70/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Donegal, records ~39.0 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Milford on its own.
Milford is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -9.5 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -11.5 to -7.5) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Milford over the last 24 months was €164,000, with most sales between €98,000 and €238,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Milford over the last 24 months was €164,000, most between €98,000 and €238,000 (Property Price Register).
Milford is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 23% → 12% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
6 planning applications were lodged within Milford in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (67 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Milford scores 76/100 for families and community.
Milford scores 28/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Milford is about 48 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.