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Real estate agents and brokers in Letcher County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Letcher County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $101.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $11,969 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 19,952
- −7.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $11,969 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Letcher County spend about $101.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no real estate agents and brokers in Letcher County. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Letcher County would have about 19, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of real estate agents and brokers in Letcher County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Letcher County declined 7.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no real estate agents and brokers on map listings, Letcher County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Letcher 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 | Letcher County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 21.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | n/a | 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 | −7.0% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $11,969 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $41,793 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Letcher 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 Letcher County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,952−7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,463
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 338 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 62
- Median household income
- $41,793+39.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,066
- Median home value
- $67,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,399
- Daytime population
- 18,096Residents 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 |
| Letcher County, KY | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −7.0% |
Other business types in Letcher 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 estate
- Real estate agents and brokers
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Letcher County, KY?
There are no real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Letcher 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 Letcher County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Letcher County, KY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $101.3M a year, or $11,969 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 8,463 households in Letcher County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Letcher County, KY compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Letcher County has no real estate agents and brokers on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Letcher County would have about 19, against none on map listings.
How fast is Letcher County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Letcher County at 19,952 people in 2025, down 7.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,463 households. Median household income in Letcher County is $41,793, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.8%, 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. Letcher County has no market score for real estate agents and brokers, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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