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Real estate agents and brokers in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area
How the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #4 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 389
- 22 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 70
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,779 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 159
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.6
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 463,349
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area is 82 (high), #4 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for real estate agents and brokers.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area comes to about $3.4B a year: $18,779 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 59% 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.
The Waterbury-Shelton metro area has 389 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 22 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.6, 29% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 70 businesses with payroll in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 2,573 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $618K have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area. Population estimates show the Waterbury-Shelton metro area grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Waterbury-Shelton metro area compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Waterbury-Shelton metro area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.6 | 28.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 159 | 126 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,573 | 1,899 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.1% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,779 | $19,819 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $86,191 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 70
- Employees, 2023
- 275
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 38922 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 620The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $618K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area, 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 the Waterbury-Shelton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 463,349+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 180,116
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 413 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,102
- Median household income
- $86,191
- Average household income
- $114,324
- Median home value
- $317,700
- Jobs located here
- 164,434
- Daytime population
- 395,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 82 | 389 | 21.6 | 159 | +3.2% | #4 of 387 |
| 2Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 79 | 242 | 20.9 | 164 | +2.0% | #10 of 387 |
| 3Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 79 | 1,172 | 25.2 | 143 | +3.0% | #11 of 387 |
| 4New Haven, CT | 76 | 593 | 25.7 | 136 | +2.5% | #18 of 387 |
| 5Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 54 | 1,566 | 44.1 | 90 | +3.7% | #145 of 387 |
Other business types in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area
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 estate81
- Real estate agents and brokers82
- Property management74
- Mortgage brokers and lenders71
- Home inspectors78
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 389 real estate agents and brokers in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area. 22 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.4B a year, or $18,779 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 389 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 59% 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 180,116 households in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Waterbury-Shelton metro area has 21.6 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 159, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Waterbury-Shelton metro area would have about 620, against 389 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,573 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Waterbury-Shelton, CT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Waterbury-Shelton metro area at 463,349 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 180,116 households. Median household income in the Waterbury-Shelton metro area is $86,191, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Waterbury-Shelton metro area scores 82 for real estate agents and brokers (high), #4 of 387 scored metro areas.
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