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Real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #640 of 2,176 scored counties
#10 of 66 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $68.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,114 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 211
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,689
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Shelby County comes to about $68.9M a year: $14,114 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.1 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.
Shelby County has 6 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,627 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Shelby County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County is 58 (upper middle), #640 of 2,176 scored counties and #10 of 66 scored counties in Iowa.
How Shelby 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.
| Measure | Shelby County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 20.3 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 211 | 127 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,627 | 1,101 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.8% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,114 | $14,016 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $72,738 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $215K
- 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
- 13The 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
- 11,689−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,882
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $72,738+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,055
- Median home value
- $164,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,366
- Daytime population
- 11,696Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Shelby County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, IA | 75 | 8 | 7.8 | 339 | +1.8% | #80 of 2,176 |
| 2Warren County, IA | 67 | 22 | 10.6 | 260 | +9.0% | #296 of 2,176 |
| 3Buchanan County, IA | 63 | 9 | 10.9 | 231 | +1.3% | #415 of 2,176 |
| 4Cedar County, IA | 62 | 6 | 7.9 | 328 | −0.7% | #451 of 2,176 |
| 5Jasper County, IA | 62 | 21 | 14.0 | 180 | +0.9% | #476 of 2,176 |
| 6Jackson County, IA | 61 | 5 | 6.1 | 414 | −0.8% | #500 of 2,176 |
| 7Hamilton County, IA | 61 | 5 | 7.8 | 325 | −0.5% | #501 of 2,176 |
| 8Lee County, IA | 59 | 12 | 8.4 | 282 | −3.6% | #578 of 2,176 |
| 9Wapello County, IA | 59 | 14 | 10.0 | 238 | −0.3% | #586 of 2,176 |
| 10Shelby County, IA | 58 | 6 | 12.3 | 211 | −0.2% | #640 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 estate54
- Real estate agents and brokers58
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Shelby County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Shelby County, IA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $68.9M a year, or $14,114 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.1 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,882 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, IA compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Shelby County has 12.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 211, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Shelby County would have about 13, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,627 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 11,689 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,882 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 58 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #640 of 2,176 scored counties.
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