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Real estate agents and brokers in Marion County, FL

How Marion 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,865 of 2,176 scored counties
#39 of 63 scored counties in Florida

Listings
547
18 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
273
+32.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,845 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
77
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.2
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
442,660
+17.3% 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, Marion County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,865 of 2,176 scored counties and #39 of 63 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Marion County comes to about $2.3B a year: $13,845 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 23% 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.

Marion County has 547 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 3%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.2, 8% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Official counts show 273 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Marion County in 2023, up 32.5% from 2019. That is one for every 604 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $255K has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Marion County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County grew 17.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Marion 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 Marion County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMarion CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.250.230.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7756100
Households per official establishment604414788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+32.5%+26.6%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,845$15,326$16,661
Median household income$61,010$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3530

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
206 → 273+32.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
509
Annual payroll, 2023
$23.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
54718 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
419The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$255K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
442,660+17.3% since 2020
Households
164,881
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,588 sq. mi.
People per square mile
252
Median household income
$61,010+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,982
Median home value
$243,100
Jobs located here
117,529
Daytime population
371,865Residents 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
39Marion County, FL3554733.277+17.3%#1,865 of 2,176

Other business types in Marion 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 Marion County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 547 real estate agents and brokers in Marion County. 18 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 273 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 32.5% from 2019.

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

About $2.3B a year, or $13,845 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 547 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 23% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 164,881 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marion County has 33.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 77, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Marion County would have about 419, against 547 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 604 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 32.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Marion County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Marion County at 442,660 people in 2025, up 17.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 164,881 households. Median household income in Marion County is $61,010, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. Marion County scores 35 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,865 of 2,176 scored counties.

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