Real estate · Small-town market · Illinois
Real estate agents and brokers in the Centralia, IL area
The real estate agents and brokers in the Centralia, IL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #400 of 533 scored small-town markets
#15 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 24
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $198.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,772 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 151
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.5
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,382
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Centralia area comes to about $198.1M a year: $12,772 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 51% 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 Centralia area has 24 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 15.5 for every 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Centralia area classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 2,585 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Centralia area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Centralia area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #400 of 533 scored small-town markets and #15 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.
How the Centralia area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Centralia area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.5 | 25.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 151 | 107 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,585 | 1,021 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,772 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,240 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $405K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 240 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 the Centralia 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 Centralia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,382−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 15,512
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 573 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $61,240+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,168
- Median home value
- $103,000
- Jobs located here
- 13,082
- Daytime population
- 33,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Illinois, with the Centralia area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, IL | 66 | 67 | 10.8 | 231 | −1.6% | #71 of 533 |
| 2Canton, IL | 63 | 11 | 8.0 | 295 | −2.0% | #96 of 533 |
| 3Danville, IL | 55 | 33 | 11.0 | 211 | −3.7% | #184 of 533 |
| 4Galesburg, IL | 53 | 17 | 8.1 | 282 | −4.1% | #211 of 533 |
| 5Lincoln, IL | 53 | 12 | 10.7 | 230 | −2.5% | #212 of 533 |
| 6Sterling, IL | 51 | 32 | 13.8 | 175 | −2.6% | #241 of 533 |
| 7Effingham, IL | 50 | 28 | 15.4 | 166 | −0.9% | #256 of 533 |
| 8Taylorville, IL | 47 | 19 | 14.0 | 170 | −1.5% | #298 of 533 |
| 9Jacksonville, IL | 47 | 22 | 14.5 | 167 | −3.1% | #299 of 533 |
| 10Dixon, IL | 47 | 20 | 15.0 | 167 | −3.4% | #300 of 533 |
| 15Centralia, IL | 39 | 24 | 15.5 | 151 | −3.4% | #400 of 533 |
Other business types in the Centralia 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 estate47
- Real estate agents and brokers39
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Centralia, IL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 real estate agents and brokers in the Centralia area. None of them 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 the Centralia, IL area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $198.1M a year, or $12,772 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 24 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 51% 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 15,512 households in the Centralia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Centralia, IL area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Centralia area has 15.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 151, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Centralia area would have about 36, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,585 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Centralia, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Centralia area at 36,382 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,512 households. Median household income in the Centralia area is $61,240, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Centralia area scores 39 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #400 of 533 scored small-town markets.
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