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Real estate agents and brokers in Jerome County, ID
How Jerome County, ID 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 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #88 of 2,176 scored counties
#3 of 29 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $141.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,088 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 216
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,362
- +8.6% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate agents and brokers, Jerome County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #88 of 2,176 scored counties and #3 of 29 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate agents and brokers.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 real estate agents and brokers in Jerome County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 14.5 for every 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Households in Jerome County spend about $141.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,088 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.2 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 6 businesses with payroll in Jerome County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 1,380 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Jerome County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Jerome County compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Jerome County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 38.0 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 216 | 85 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,380 | 387 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.1% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.6% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,088 | $17,677 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,724 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $318K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Jerome 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 Jerome County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,362+8.6% since 2020
- Households
- 8,277
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $71,724+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,909
- Median home value
- $271,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,794
- Daytime population
- 24,795Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minidoka County, ID | 80 | 9 | 11.1 | 272 | +5.7% | #24 of 2,176 |
| 2Bingham County, ID | 76 | 20 | 12.4 | 257 | +6.4% | #71 of 2,176 |
| 3Jerome County, ID | 75 | 12 | 14.5 | 216 | +8.6% | #88 of 2,176 |
| 4Jefferson County, ID | 74 | 11 | 10.8 | 306 | +13.6% | #100 of 2,176 |
| 5Benewah County, ID | 68 | 5 | 12.3 | 238 | +9.7% | #270 of 2,176 |
| 6Gem County, ID | 68 | 10 | 13.1 | 235 | +13.0% | #272 of 2,176 |
| 7Franklin County, ID | 68 | 7 | 14.2 | 227 | +11.2% | #274 of 2,176 |
| 8Elmore County, ID | 64 | 18 | 16.3 | 185 | +2.8% | #393 of 2,176 |
| 9Canyon County, ID | 64 | 151 | 17.5 | 181 | +18.1% | #395 of 2,176 |
| 10Shoshone County, ID | 59 | 10 | 17.4 | 161 | +7.1% | #603 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Jerome County
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 brokers75
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Jerome County, ID?
There are 12 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Jerome County as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Jerome County, ID spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $141.4M a year, or $17,088 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.2 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 8,277 households in Jerome County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jerome County, ID compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Jerome County has 14.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 216, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Jerome County would have about 26, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,380 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Jerome County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Jerome County at 26,362 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,277 households. The median household income in Jerome County is $71,724 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% 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. Jerome County scores 75 for real estate agents and brokers (high), #88 of 2,176 scored counties.
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