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Real estate agents and brokers in Whitfield County, GA

How Whitfield County, GA 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #273 of 2,176 scored counties
#20 of 97 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
42
2 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
22
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$527.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,310 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
230
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
63% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
106,212
+3.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 real estate agents and brokers in Whitfield County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.4 for every 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

At $14,310 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Whitfield County spend about $527.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.3 times 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Whitfield County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 1,674 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Whitfield County.

Population estimates show Whitfield County grew 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, Whitfield County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #273 of 2,176 scored counties and #20 of 97 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Whitfield County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Whitfield County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureWhitfield CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.431.530.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)23090100
Households per official establishment1,674654788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.6%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,310$15,525$16,661
Median household income$67,070$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6837

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 22
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
422 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
97The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
106,212+3.3% since 2020
Households
36,834
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
290 sq. mi.
People per square mile
357
Median household income
$67,070+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,834
Median home value
$218,000
Jobs located here
59,533
Daytime population
114,456Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Peach County, GA8387.5356+6.5%#11 of 2,176
2Lamar County, GA8379.8274+12.9%#13 of 2,176
3Haralson County, GA8086.8397+10.0%#21 of 2,176
4Walker County, GA79238.7291+3.7%#40 of 2,176
5Jones County, GA7898.3326+2.8%#50 of 2,176
6Madison County, GA7698.0319+8.8%#67 of 2,176
7Lee County, GA731310.6270+2.9%#125 of 2,176
8Paulding County, GA738313.8220+12.7%#133 of 2,176
9Polk County, GA732012.6200+6.0%#135 of 2,176
10Newton County, GA736114.8185+11.2%#138 of 2,176
20Whitfield County, GA684211.4230+3.3%#273 of 2,176

Other business types in Whitfield 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 Whitfield County, GA?

There are 42 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Whitfield County as of September 2026. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.

How much do households in Whitfield County, GA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $527.1M a year, or $14,310 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 42 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.3 times 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 36,834 households in Whitfield County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Whitfield County has 11.4 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 230, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Whitfield County would have about 97, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,674 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

How fast is Whitfield County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Whitfield County at 106,212 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,834 households. The median household income in Whitfield County is $67,070 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. Whitfield County scores 68 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #273 of 2,176 scored counties.

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