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Real estate agents and brokers in Delta County, CO

The real estate agents and brokers in Delta County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,947 of 2,176 scored counties
#27 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
51
2 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
27
+17.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$206.8M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,962 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
74
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
39.4
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,178
+3.6% 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

For real estate agents and brokers, Delta County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,947 of 2,176 scored counties and #27 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 real estate agents and brokers in Delta County. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 39.4 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Delta County comes to about $206.8M a year: $15,962 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 26% below 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Delta County was 27 in 2023, up 17.4% from 2019. That is one for every 480 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Delta County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Delta County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Delta County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureDelta CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households39.444.430.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7481100
Households per official establishment480318788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.4%+12.9%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,962$19,501$16,661
Median household income$57,774$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score3333

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 27+17.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
512 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The 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 Delta 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 Delta County

Population, 2025 estimate
32,178+3.6% since 2020
Households
12,959
Median age
48.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,142 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$57,774+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,675
Median home value
$343,200
Jobs located here
8,348
Daytime population
28,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Delta County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO701818.0224+16.5%#212 of 2,176
2Weld County, CO6524419.6178+14.2%#365 of 2,176
3Park County, CO621617.8201+5.1%#471 of 2,176
4Morgan County, CO602421.7139+4.2%#569 of 2,176
5Broomfield County, CO558827.7145+6.3%#794 of 2,176
6Adams County, CO5452227.7127+6.6%#845 of 2,176
7Otero County, CO481215.8175−5.2%#1,140 of 2,176
8Pueblo County, CO4715522.6133+0.6%#1,221 of 2,176
9Douglas County, CO4661944.297+10.9%#1,293 of 2,176
10Alamosa County, CO451827.1105+1.9%#1,338 of 2,176
27Delta County, CO335139.474+3.6%#1,947 of 2,176

Other business types in Delta 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 Delta County, CO?

There are 51 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Delta County as of September 2026. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 17.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Delta County, CO spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $206.8M a year, or $15,962 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 51 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 26% below 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 12,959 households in Delta County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Delta County has 39.4 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 74, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Delta County would have about 38, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 480 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Delta County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Delta County at 32,178 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,959 households. The median household income in Delta County is $57,774 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.6% 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. Delta County scores 33 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,947 of 2,176 scored counties.

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