Real estate · Small-town market · Illinois
Real estate agents and brokers in the Marion-Herrin, IL area
How the Marion-Herrin, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #516 of 533 scored small-town markets
#20 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 73
- 3 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $385.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,291 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 97
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.2
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,225
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate agents and brokers, the Marion-Herrin area has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #516 of 533 scored small-town markets and #20 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Marion-Herrin area spend about $385.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,291 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3% 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.
There are 73 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Marion-Herrin area as of September 2026. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.2, 18% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Marion-Herrin area in 2023. That is one for every 1,208 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Marion-Herrin area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Marion-Herrin 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 | Marion-Herrin area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.2 | 25.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 97 | 107 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,208 | 1,021 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,291 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $65,604 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 733 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 71The 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 Marion-Herrin 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 Marion-Herrin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,225+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 28,983
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 420 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $65,604
- Average household income
- $85,846
- Median home value
- $156,400
- Jobs located here
- 28,604
- Daytime population
- 68,042Residents 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 Marion-Herrin 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 |
| 20Marion-Herrin, IL | 27 | 73 | 25.2 | 97 | +0.2% | #516 of 533 |
Other business types in the Marion-Herrin 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 estate27
- Real estate agents and brokers27
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders61
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Marion-Herrin, IL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 73 real estate agents and brokers in the Marion-Herrin area. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in the Marion-Herrin, IL area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $385.2M a year, or $13,291 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 73 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 3% 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 28,983 households in the Marion-Herrin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Marion-Herrin, IL area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Marion-Herrin area has 25.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 97, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Marion-Herrin area would have about 71, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,208 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Marion-Herrin, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Marion-Herrin area at 67,225 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,983 households. Median household income in the Marion-Herrin area is $65,604, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Marion-Herrin area scores 27 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #516 of 533 scored small-town markets.
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