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Real estate agents and brokers in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area

How the Michigan City-La Porte, IN 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #195 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
83
16 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
24
+20.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$590.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,533 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
130
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.0
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
111,294
−0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area spend about $590.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,533 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 30% 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.

There are 83 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area as of September 2026. 16 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.0, 38% 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 Michigan City-La Porte metro area in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,818 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area is 48 (lower middle), #195 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.

How the Michigan City-La Porte metro area compares

The same measures for Indiana 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureMichigan City-La Porte metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.022.430.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)130113100
Households per official establishment1,8181,013788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.0%+26.4%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,533$13,818$16,661
Median household income$71,055$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score4847

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24+20.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8316 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
108The 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 Michigan City-La Porte 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 Michigan City-La Porte metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
111,294−0.9% since 2020
Households
43,633
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
598 sq. mi.
People per square mile
187
Median household income
$71,055+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,682
Median home value
$195,500
Jobs located here
39,820
Daytime population
107,276Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate agents and brokers across Indiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Michigan City-La Porte metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Terre Haute, IN597611.3205+0.3%#92 of 387
2Kokomo, IN575716.0149+0.4%#112 of 387
3Muncie, IN557315.8145+1.2%#129 of 387
4South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI5323518.3136+0.1%#149 of 387
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN522,08223.0119+2.7%#164 of 387
5Elkhart-Goshen, IN5013518.7133+0.9%#178 of 387
6Michigan City-La Porte, IN488319.0130−0.9%#195 of 387
7Columbus, IN479327.994+4.3%#213 of 387
8Evansville, IN4422119.4129+1.6%#241 of 387
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN411,52827.4100+2.9%#267 of 387

Other business types in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 83 real estate agents and brokers in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area. 16 of them (19%) 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, up 20.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $590.5M a year, or $13,533 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 83 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 30% 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 43,633 households in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

The Michigan City-La Porte metro area has 19.0 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 130, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Michigan City-La Porte metro area would have about 108, against 83 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,818 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Michigan City-La Porte metro area at 111,294 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,633 households. Median household income in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area is $71,055, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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 Michigan City-La Porte metro area scores 48 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #195 of 387 scored metro areas.

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