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Real estate agents and brokers in Mariposa County, CA

How Mariposa County, CA 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #699 of 2,176 scored counties
#13 of 55 scored counties in California

Listings
17
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$128.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $17,063 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
138
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.6
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,918
−1.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 real estate agents and brokers in Mariposa County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 22.6 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Mariposa County comes to about $128.1M a year: $17,063 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 38% 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Mariposa County in 2023. That is one for every 2,503 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $90K has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Mariposa County.

Population estimates show Mariposa County declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Mariposa County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #699 of 2,176 scored counties and #13 of 55 scored counties in California.

How Mariposa County compares

The same measures for California 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in Mariposa County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureMariposa CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.638.030.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)13896100
Households per official establishment2,503601788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.3%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$17,063$19,977$16,661
Median household income$68,412$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5737

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 3
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$244K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
170 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$90K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Mariposa 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 Mariposa County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,918−1.2% since 2020
Households
7,508
Median age
51.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,449 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$68,412+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,438
Median home value
$387,900
Jobs located here
5,459
Daytime population
13,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA88238.0397+8.2%#2 of 2,176
2Kings County, CA706414.5214+1.0%#213 of 2,176
3Colusa County, CA69810.6299−0.1%#236 of 2,176
4Merced County, CA6915818.4166+5.1%#253 of 2,176
5Glenn County, CA651414.3212−2.6%#354 of 2,176
6Madera County, CA6510523.1140+7.4%#370 of 2,176
7Tulare County, CA6227018.9167+2.4%#484 of 2,176
8Inyo County, CA611214.9215−4.4%#511 of 2,176
9Tehama County, CA614719.0160−1.7%#528 of 2,176
10Kern County, CA6057220.1156+2.3%#565 of 2,176
13Mariposa County, CA571722.6138−1.2%#699 of 2,176

Other business types in Mariposa County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in Mariposa County, CA?

Mariposa County has 17 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.

How much do households in Mariposa County, CA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $128.1M a year, or $17,063 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 17 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 38% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,508 households in Mariposa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mariposa County, CA compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

Mariposa County has 22.6 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 138, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Mariposa County would have about 24, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,503 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

How fast is Mariposa County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Mariposa County at 16,918 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,508 households. The median household income in Mariposa County is $68,412 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Mariposa County scores 57 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #699 of 2,176 scored counties.

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