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Real estate agents and brokers in Butler County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Butler County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,565 of 2,176 scored counties
#64 of 72 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $60.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,228 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 139
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.5
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,520
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 real estate agents and brokers in Butler County. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 17.5 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Households in Butler County spend about $60.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,228 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 39% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Butler County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Butler County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Butler County is 40 (lower middle), #1,565 of 2,176 scored counties and #64 of 72 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Butler County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.5 | 21.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 139 | 122 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,251 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.6% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,228 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $56,092 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 60 |
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
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,520+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,567
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 426 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $56,092+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,803
- Median home value
- $111,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,798
- Daytime population
- 9,999Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harrison County, KY | 78 | 6 | 8.2 | 318 | +4.9% | #52 of 2,176 |
| 2Spencer County, KY | 75 | 10 | 13.7 | 222 | +7.7% | #87 of 2,176 |
| 3Grant County, KY | 72 | 7 | 7.6 | 341 | +4.7% | #146 of 2,176 |
| 4Hart County, KY | 71 | 5 | 6.8 | 353 | +4.3% | #169 of 2,176 |
| 5Woodford County, KY | 71 | 15 | 13.9 | 208 | +3.7% | #182 of 2,176 |
| 6Marion County, KY | 70 | 6 | 7.8 | 318 | +2.7% | #203 of 2,176 |
| 7Bullitt County, KY | 70 | 37 | 11.7 | 243 | +5.0% | #209 of 2,176 |
| 8Nelson County, KY | 70 | 24 | 12.5 | 212 | +4.8% | #214 of 2,176 |
| 9Lincoln County, KY | 68 | 8 | 8.2 | 293 | +4.6% | #259 of 2,176 |
| 10Graves County, KY | 68 | 14 | 9.9 | 247 | +1.4% | #268 of 2,176 |
| 64Butler County, KY | 40 | 8 | 17.5 | 139 | +1.6% | #1,565 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Butler 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 estate43
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Butler County, KY?
Butler County has 8 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) 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 Butler County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Butler County, KY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $60.4M a year, or $13,228 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 39% 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 4,567 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, KY compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Butler County has 17.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 139, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Butler County would have about 11, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Butler County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 12,520 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,567 households. The median household income in Butler County is $56,092 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.3% 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. Butler County scores 40 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,565 of 2,176 scored counties.
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