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Real estate agents and brokers in De Soto Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in De Soto Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #374 of 2,176 scored counties
#9 of 42 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$139.8M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,309 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
321
3.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.6
75% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,381
+2.0% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in De Soto Parish comes to about $139.8M a year: $13,309 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3.2 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.

De Soto Parish has 8 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 75% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of real estate agents and brokers in De Soto Parish, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show De Soto Parish grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in De Soto Parish is 64 (upper middle), #374 of 2,176 scored counties and #9 of 42 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How De Soto Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 De Soto Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureDe Soto ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.622.930.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)321114100
Households per official establishmentn/a1,561788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.7%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,309$14,200$16,661
Median household income$48,578$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score6450

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
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The 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 De Soto Parish, 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 De Soto Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
27,381+2.0% since 2020
Households
10,504
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
876 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$48,578+5.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,503
Median home value
$154,900
Jobs located here
8,222
Daytime population
23,090Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with De Soto Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Vermilion Parish, LA74115.0494+1.3%#93 of 2,176
2St. Martin Parish, LA7184.1613−1.0%#165 of 2,176
3St. Bernard Parish, LA712213.6188+4.1%#187 of 2,176
4Livingston Parish, LA718415.7175+8.5%#190 of 2,176
5Lafourche Parish, LA70277.2366−2.0%#199 of 2,176
6Acadia Parish, LA66125.4433−0.8%#312 of 2,176
7Jefferson Davis Parish, LA6697.5338−2.4%#317 of 2,176
8Grant Parish, LA6556.7384−0.3%#343 of 2,176
9De Soto Parish, LA6487.6321+2.0%#374 of 2,176
10St. Landry Parish, LA63175.3436−1.9%#406 of 2,176

Other business types in De Soto Parish

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

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in De Soto Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 real estate agents and brokers in De Soto Parish. None of them are chain locations. 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 De Soto Parish: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in De Soto Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $139.8M a year, or $13,309 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.2 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 10,504 households in De Soto Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does De Soto Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

De Soto Parish has 7.6 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 75% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 321, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, De Soto Parish would have about 26, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is De Soto Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put De Soto Parish at 27,381 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,504 households. Median household income in De Soto Parish is $48,578, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.6%, 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. De Soto Parish scores 64 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #374 of 2,176 scored counties.

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