Roscommon, Co. Roscommon scores 59/100 for quality of life, #63 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €200,000 (most €131,750–€280,000), it scores 77/100 for safety (35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 6,427 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 59/100 are measured across the F42 Eircode area, not Roscommon 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 Roscommon is #50 of 108 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 Roscommon on its own.
6,427 people.
Population is for Roscommon itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
36th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Roscommon, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #63 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Roscommon scores 77/100 on safety, ~35.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Roscommon over the last 24 months was €200,000, most between €131,750 and €280,000 (Property Price Register).
Roscommon is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 15% → 11%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise, prices up 12.7%.
About 4% of homes sold in Roscommon in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
39 planning applications were lodged within Roscommon in the last 12 months, covering 54 residential units (357 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Roscommon scores 86/100 for families and community.
Roscommon scores 40/100 for schools and education, with 5 schools in the area.
Roscommon is about 77 minutes by road from Galway, 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.