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Real estate agents and brokers in Caroline County, MD
The real estate agents and brokers in Caroline County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #153 of 2,176 scored counties
#1 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $181.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,506 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 256
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 66% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,116
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate agents and brokers, Caroline County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #153 of 2,176 scored counties and #1 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate agents and brokers.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Caroline County comes to about $181.2M a year: $14,506 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.6 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.
Caroline County has 13 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.4 per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Caroline County in 2023. That is one for every 2,083 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Caroline County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Caroline County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Caroline County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 31.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 256 | 101 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,083 | 1,044 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,506 | $17,488 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,457 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $624K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Caroline 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 Caroline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,116+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,495
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 319 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $68,457+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,383
- Median home value
- $290,100
- Jobs located here
- 8,855
- Daytime population
- 25,447Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Caroline County, MD | 72 | 13 | 10.4 | 256 | +2.5% | #153 of 2,176 |
| 2Cecil County, MD | 64 | 84 | 20.7 | 144 | +3.2% | #399 of 2,176 |
| 3Dorchester County, MD | 63 | 22 | 16.2 | 160 | +3.4% | #437 of 2,176 |
| 4Allegany County, MD | 61 | 31 | 11.3 | 219 | −1.6% | #509 of 2,176 |
| 5Prince George’s County, MD | 59 | 850 | 24.4 | 129 | +0.5% | #619 of 2,176 |
| 6Somerset County, MD | 57 | 9 | 10.8 | 232 | +1.7% | #674 of 2,176 |
| 7Charles County, MD | 57 | 205 | 33.7 | 101 | +5.9% | #712 of 2,176 |
| 8Washington County, MD | 56 | 127 | 21.2 | 132 | +2.0% | #759 of 2,176 |
| 9St. Mary’s County, MD | 54 | 110 | 25.9 | 130 | +2.4% | #842 of 2,176 |
| 10Carroll County, MD | 53 | 150 | 23.3 | 144 | +2.2% | #893 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Caroline 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 estate66
- Real estate agents and brokers72
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Caroline County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 real estate agents and brokers in Caroline County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Caroline County, MD spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $181.2M a year, or $14,506 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 13 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.6 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 12,495 households in Caroline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caroline County, MD compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Caroline County has 10.4 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 256, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Caroline County would have about 33, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,083 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Caroline County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Caroline County at 34,116 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,495 households. Median household income in Caroline County is $68,457, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.8%, 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. Caroline County scores 72 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #153 of 2,176 scored counties.
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