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Real estate agents and brokers in St. Clair County, AL
How St. Clair 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 #194 of 2,176 scored counties
#7 of 49 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 59
- 6 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $520.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,817 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 162
- 62% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.8
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,206
- +7.1% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate agents and brokers, St. Clair County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #194 of 2,176 scored counties and #7 of 49 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate agents and brokers.
Households in St. Clair County spend about $520.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,817 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 62% above 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.
St. Clair County has 59 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 16.8 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in St. Clair County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 2,701 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in St. Clair County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How St. Clair 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 | St. Clair County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.8 | 27.2 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 162 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,701 | 1,262 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.3% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,817 | $14,375 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $77,463 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $760K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 596 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 95The 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 St. Clair 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 St. Clair County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,206+7.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,107
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $77,463+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,073
- Median home value
- $226,300
- Jobs located here
- 22,156
- Daytime population
- 72,944Residents 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 St. Clair 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 estate71
- Real estate agents and brokers71
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders72
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in St. Clair County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 59 real estate agents and brokers in St. Clair County. 6 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in St. Clair County, AL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $520.2M a year, or $14,817 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 59 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 62% above 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 35,107 households in St. Clair County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Clair County, AL compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
St. Clair County has 16.8 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 162, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, St. Clair County would have about 95, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,701 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Clair County, AL growing?
Population estimates put St. Clair County at 98,206 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,107 households. Median household income in St. Clair County is $77,463, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.9%, 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. St. Clair County scores 71 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #194 of 2,176 scored counties.
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