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Real estate agents and brokers in McHenry County, IL
The real estate agents and brokers in McHenry County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,000 of 2,176 scored counties
#24 of 82 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 259
- 26 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 111
- +9.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.9B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,142 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 134
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.0
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 317,751
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 259 real estate agents and brokers in McHenry County. 26 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 22.0 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in McHenry County comes to about $1.9B a year: $16,142 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 34% 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.
Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in McHenry County in 2023, up 9.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,059 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in McHenry County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). McHenry County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #1,000 of 2,176 scored counties and #24 of 82 scored counties in Illinois.
How McHenry County 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 | McHenry County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.0 | 25.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 134 | 107 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,059 | 1,021 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.9% | +10.8% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,142 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $104,802 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 101 → 111+9.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 177
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 25926 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 348The 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 McHenry 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 McHenry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 317,751+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 117,594
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 603 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 518
- Median household income
- $104,802+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $130,520
- Median home value
- $308,100
- Jobs located here
- 93,473
- Daytime population
- 243,217Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Illinois, with McHenry County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Henry County, IL | 69 | 11 | 5.4 | 468 | −2.2% | #229 of 2,176 |
| 2Woodford County, IL | 69 | 10 | 6.8 | 409 | −0.8% | #232 of 2,176 |
| 3Douglas County, IL | 68 | 7 | 9.0 | 282 | +0.5% | #263 of 2,176 |
| 4Bureau County, IL | 66 | 8 | 5.7 | 430 | −2.1% | #314 of 2,176 |
| 5Clinton County, IL | 65 | 19 | 13.0 | 205 | +0.6% | #355 of 2,176 |
| 6Boone County, IL | 63 | 16 | 8.2 | 328 | +0.4% | #409 of 2,176 |
| 7Randolph County, IL | 62 | 12 | 10.0 | 240 | −0.6% | #457 of 2,176 |
| 8Fulton County, IL | 61 | 11 | 8.0 | 295 | −2.0% | #503 of 2,176 |
| 9Kendall County, IL | 61 | 89 | 19.6 | 153 | +9.9% | #530 of 2,176 |
| 10Jersey County, IL | 60 | 9 | 11.3 | 231 | −1.5% | #548 of 2,176 |
| 24McHenry County, IL | 51 | 259 | 22.0 | 134 | +2.5% | #1,000 of 2,176 |
Other business types in McHenry 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 estate48
- Real estate agents and brokers51
- Property management75
- Mortgage brokers and lenders51
- Home inspectors41
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in McHenry County, IL?
There are 259 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in McHenry County as of September 2026. 26 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 9.9% from 2019.
How much do households in McHenry County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.9B a year, or $16,142 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 259 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 34% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 117,594 households in McHenry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McHenry County, IL compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
McHenry County has 22.0 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 134, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, McHenry County would have about 348, against 259 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,059 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is McHenry County, IL growing?
Population estimates put McHenry County at 317,751 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 117,594 households. The median household income in McHenry County is $104,802 a year, 30% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.7% 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. McHenry County scores 51 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #1,000 of 2,176 scored counties.
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