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Real estate agents and brokers in Adair County, IA

How Adair County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$43.9M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,556 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
201
Twice the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
59% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,403
−1.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 real estate agents and brokers in Adair County. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Adair County comes to about $43.9M a year: $13,556 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is twice 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 Adair County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adair County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Adair County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Adair County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureAdair CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.420.330.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)201127100
Households per official establishmentn/a1,101788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.8%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,556$14,016$16,661
Median household income$68,092$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

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
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Adair 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 Adair County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,403−1.3% since 2020
Households
3,236
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
569 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$68,092
Average household income
$93,814
Median home value
$160,400
Jobs located here
2,900
Daytime population
6,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate agents and brokers across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Adair County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, IA7587.8339+1.8%#80 of 2,176
2Warren County, IA672210.6260+9.0%#296 of 2,176
3Buchanan County, IA63910.9231+1.3%#415 of 2,176
4Cedar County, IA6267.9328−0.7%#451 of 2,176
5Jasper County, IA622114.0180+0.9%#476 of 2,176
6Jackson County, IA6156.1414−0.8%#500 of 2,176
7Hamilton County, IA6157.8325−0.5%#501 of 2,176
8Lee County, IA59128.4282−3.6%#578 of 2,176
9Wapello County, IA591410.0238−0.3%#586 of 2,176
10Shelby County, IA58612.3211−0.2%#640 of 2,176
Adair County, IANot scored412.4201−1.3%

Other business types in Adair County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in Adair County, IA?

There are 4 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Adair County as of September 2026. 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 Adair County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Adair County, IA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $43.9M a year, or $13,556 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is twice 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 3,236 households in Adair County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Adair County, IA compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

Adair County has 12.4 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 201, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Adair County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Adair County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Adair County at 7,403 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,236 households. The median household income in Adair County is $68,092 a year, 16% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for real estate agents and brokers · All 56 business types in Adair County

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