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Real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County, IL
The real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #717 of 2,176 scored counties
#15 of 82 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $118.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,309 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 363
- 3.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 78% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,576
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.7, 78% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
At $13,309 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Shelby County spend about $118.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 3.6 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shelby County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County is 56 (upper middle), #717 of 2,176 scored counties and #15 of 82 scored counties in Illinois.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 25.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 363 | 107 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,021 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,309 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $72,095 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,576−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 8,918
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 759 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $72,095+36.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,841
- Median home value
- $137,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,879
- Daytime population
- 15,659Residents 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 Shelby 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 |
| 15Shelby County, IL | 56 | 6 | 6.7 | 363 | −1.6% | #717 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Shelby 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 estate61
- Real estate agents and brokers56
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Shelby County, IL?
There are 6 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. No official count is published for offices of real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Shelby County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $118.7M a year, or $13,309 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.6 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 8,918 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, IL compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Shelby County has 6.7 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 363, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Shelby County would have about 22, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Shelby County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 20,576 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,918 households. The median household income in Shelby County is $72,095 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.2% 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. Shelby County scores 56 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #717 of 2,176 scored counties.
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