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Real estate agents and brokers in Columbia County, FL

How Columbia County, FL 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,179 of 2,176 scored counties
#20 of 63 scored counties in Florida

Listings
66
2 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$377.3M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,756 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
105
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.1
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
74,094
+6.2% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Columbia County comes to about $377.3M a year: $13,756 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 5% 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.

There are 66 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Columbia County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 24.1 for every 10,000 households, 21% 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 Columbia County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,714 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Columbia County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Columbia County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #1,179 of 2,176 scored counties and #20 of 63 scored counties in Florida.

How Columbia County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Columbia County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureColumbia CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.150.230.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)10556100
Households per official establishment1,714414788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.6%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.2%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,756$15,326$16,661
Median household income$59,205$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4830

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 16
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
662 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
69The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County

Population, 2025 estimate
74,094+6.2% since 2020
Households
27,430
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
797 sq. mi.
People per square mile
90
Median household income
$59,205+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,718
Median home value
$194,900
Jobs located here
24,625
Daytime population
67,243Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Gadsden County, FL6995.3440+2.0%#230 of 2,176
2Dixie County, FL6858.0284+8.0%#262 of 2,176
3Jackson County, FL65179.8240+5.4%#349 of 2,176
4Jefferson County, FL651017.4150+11.1%#369 of 2,176
5Union County, FL63511.6222+5.2%#417 of 2,176
6Baker County, FL631718.5152+5.8%#439 of 2,176
7Washington County, FL621010.8229+5.4%#458 of 2,176
8Suwannee County, FL621911.8210+10.6%#466 of 2,176
9Bradford County, FL591212.9194+0.3%#592 of 2,176
10Levy County, FL593016.2153+12.7%#605 of 2,176
20Columbia County, FL486624.1105+6.2%#1,179 of 2,176

Other business types in Columbia 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 Columbia County, FL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 66 real estate agents and brokers in Columbia County. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.

How much do households in Columbia County, FL spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $377.3M a year, or $13,756 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 66 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 5% 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 27,430 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Columbia County has 24.1 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 105, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Columbia County would have about 69, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,714 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

How fast is Columbia County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Columbia County at 74,094 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,430 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $59,205, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. Columbia County scores 48 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,179 of 2,176 scored counties.

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