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Real estate agents and brokers in Nantucket County, MA
How Nantucket County, MA compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,873 of 2,176 scored counties
#13 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 44
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- +14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $124.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $23,690 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 52
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 83.8
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Nantucket County is 35 (lower middle), #1,873 of 2,176 scored counties and #13 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 real estate agents and brokers in Nantucket County. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 83.8, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Households in Nantucket County spend about $124.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $23,690 per household, 42% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 48% below 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.
Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Nantucket County in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 131 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $501K has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Nantucket County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nantucket County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Nantucket County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Nantucket County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 83.8 | 31.4 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 52 | 119 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 131 | 1,181 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.3% | +8.9% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $23,690 | $20,433 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35 → 40+14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 441 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $501K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Nantucket 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 Nantucket County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Massachusetts for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with Nantucket County marked.
Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hampshire County, MA | 81 | 129 | 20.8 | 166 | +10.4% | #18 of 2,176 |
| 2Franklin County, MA | 77 | 39 | 12.4 | 258 | −0.3% | #63 of 2,176 |
| 3Worcester County, MA | 68 | 739 | 22.0 | 163 | +3.7% | #284 of 2,176 |
| 4Bristol County, MA | 62 | 570 | 24.4 | 140 | +2.9% | #491 of 2,176 |
| 5Hampden County, MA | 60 | 394 | 21.4 | 149 | +0.2% | #566 of 2,176 |
| 6Essex County, MA | 60 | 878 | 28.0 | 132 | +2.3% | #573 of 2,176 |
| 7Middlesex County, MA | 56 | 2,086 | 32.9 | 125 | +2.8% | #764 of 2,176 |
| 8Plymouth County, MA | 56 | 662 | 32.6 | 118 | +3.5% | #766 of 2,176 |
| 9Berkshire County, MA | 55 | 136 | 23.6 | 139 | −1.2% | #795 of 2,176 |
| 10Norfolk County, MA | 49 | 1,072 | 37.8 | 109 | +2.2% | #1,119 of 2,176 |
| 13Nantucket County, MA | 35 | 44 | 83.8 | 52 | +3.6% | #1,873 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Nantucket 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 estate35
- Real estate agents and brokers35
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Nantucket County, MA?
There are 44 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Nantucket County as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Nantucket County, MA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $124.4M a year, or $23,690 per household. That is 42% above the U.S. average (an index of 142, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 44 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 48% below 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 5,252 households in Nantucket County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nantucket County, MA compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Nantucket County has 83.8 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 52, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Nantucket County would have about 23, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 131 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Nantucket County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Nantucket County at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. The median household income in Nantucket County is $139,688 a year, 73% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Nantucket County scores 35 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,873 of 2,176 scored counties.
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