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Real estate agents and brokers in Dale County, AL
How Dale County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #168 of 2,176 scored counties
#4 of 49 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $263.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,361 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 403
- 4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 80% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,912
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate agents and brokers, Dale County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #168 of 2,176 scored counties and #4 of 49 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate agents and brokers.
Households in Dale County spend about $263.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,361 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 4 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
There are 12 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Dale County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 80% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Dale County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 3,288 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dale County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dale County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Dale County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 27.2 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 403 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 3,288 | 1,262 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.3% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,361 | $14,375 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,963 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $172K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Dale County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Dale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,912+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,727
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 561 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $54,963+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,266
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 15,272
- Daytime population
- 47,928Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Henry County, AL | 75 | 6 | 8.5 | 297 | +7.1% | #81 of 2,176 |
| 2Blount County, AL | 72 | 26 | 11.7 | 220 | +1.8% | #157 of 2,176 |
| 3Chilton County, AL | 72 | 22 | 12.3 | 208 | +5.9% | #158 of 2,176 |
| 4Dale County, AL | 71 | 12 | 6.1 | 403 | +1.3% | #168 of 2,176 |
| 5Jackson County, AL | 71 | 20 | 9.2 | 266 | +3.3% | #176 of 2,176 |
| 6Autauga County, AL | 71 | 35 | 15.3 | 182 | +5.1% | #189 of 2,176 |
| 7St. Clair County, AL | 71 | 59 | 16.8 | 162 | +7.1% | #194 of 2,176 |
| 8Talladega County, AL | 70 | 24 | 7.1 | 345 | +0.3% | #200 of 2,176 |
| 9Cleburne County, AL | 68 | 6 | 10.0 | 243 | +6.0% | #269 of 2,176 |
| 10Limestone County, AL | 68 | 73 | 17.8 | 163 | +18.0% | #283 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Dale County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate68
- Real estate agents and brokers71
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Dale County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 real estate agents and brokers in Dale County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Dale County, AL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $263.6M a year, or $13,361 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 4 times the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,727 households in Dale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dale County, AL compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Dale County has 6.1 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 80% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 403, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Dale County would have about 48, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,288 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Dale County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Dale County at 49,912 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. Median household income in Dale County is $54,963, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.4%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Dale County scores 71 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #168 of 2,176 scored counties.
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