Real estate · Metro area · Illinois
Real estate agents and brokers in the Decatur, IL metro area
How the Decatur, IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #100 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 51
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $571.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,144 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 205
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Decatur metro area comes to about $571.3M a year: $13,144 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.1 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.
There are 51 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Decatur metro area as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.7 for every 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in the Decatur metro area classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 2,717 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Decatur metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Decatur metro area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #100 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Decatur metro 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 | Decatur metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 25.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 205 | 107 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,717 | 1,021 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,144 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 511 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 105The 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 Decatur metro 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 Decatur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Decatur, IL | 58 | 51 | 11.7 | 205 | −4.3% | #100 of 387 |
| 2Peoria, IL | 55 | 250 | 16.2 | 157 | −1.3% | #128 of 387 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 53 | 75 | 18.0 | 144 | −1.2% | #147 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 52 | 289 | 17.9 | 142 | −0.9% | #157 of 387 |
| 3Rockford, IL | 51 | 215 | 15.9 | 156 | −0.3% | #168 of 387 |
| 4Bloomington, IL | 50 | 170 | 24.2 | 109 | +0.1% | #181 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, IL | 49 | 173 | 19.2 | 135 | −1.2% | #184 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 49 | 72 | 18.8 | 129 | +1.7% | #186 of 387 |
| 6Kankakee, IL | 45 | 79 | 19.3 | 132 | −1.7% | #226 of 387 |
| 7Champaign-Urbana, IL | 42 | 214 | 21.8 | 114 | +1.5% | #259 of 387 |
Other business types in the Decatur metro 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 estate58
- Real estate agents and brokers58
- Property management51
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors1
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Decatur, IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 51 real estate agents and brokers in the Decatur metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location. 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 the Decatur, IL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $571.3M a year, or $13,144 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 51 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.1 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,468 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Decatur metro area has 11.7 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 205, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 105, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,717 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Decatur, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. Median household income in the Decatur metro area is $62,666, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. The Decatur metro area scores 58 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #100 of 387 scored metro areas.
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