Real estate · Small-town market · Michigan
Real estate agents and brokers in the Marquette, MI area
How the Marquette, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #344 of 533 scored small-town markets
#10 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 72
- 1 chain location (1%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $370M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,094 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 94
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,064
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 72 real estate agents and brokers in the Marquette area. One of them (1%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 25.5 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Households in the Marquette area spend about $370M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,094 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 6% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Marquette area classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 3,532 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Marquette area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, the Marquette area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #344 of 533 scored small-town markets and #10 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Marquette area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Marquette area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.5 | 24.6 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 94 | 104 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 3,532 | 1,600 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.3% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,094 | $13,996 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $65,429 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 721 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 68The 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 the Marquette area, 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 the Marquette area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,064+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 28,255
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,809 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $65,429+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,058
- Median home value
- $216,500
- Jobs located here
- 24,514
- Daytime population
- 66,266Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Marquette area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Houghton, MI | 68 | 18 | 11.7 | 204 | +1.8% | #62 of 533 |
| 2Holland, MI | 61 | 72 | 15.8 | 167 | +2.1% | #124 of 533 |
| 3Owosso, MI | 58 | 35 | 12.4 | 195 | −0.4% | #154 of 533 |
| 4Alma, MI | 57 | 17 | 11.5 | 207 | −1.1% | #164 of 533 |
| 5Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 57 | 18 | 12.8 | 187 | +0.4% | #168 of 533 |
| 6Alpena, MI | 54 | 17 | 13.1 | 174 | −0.1% | #203 of 533 |
| 7Sturgis, MI | 53 | 33 | 14.0 | 171 | +0.1% | #217 of 533 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 51 | 42 | 14.3 | 165 | +0.3% | #242 of 533 |
| 8Coldwater, MI | 46 | 32 | 18.9 | 125 | +2.5% | #321 of 533 |
| 9Escanaba, MI | 45 | 27 | 16.9 | 139 | −0.8% | #328 of 533 |
| 10Marquette, MI | 44 | 72 | 25.5 | 94 | +2.3% | #344 of 533 |
Other business types in the Marquette area
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 estate40
- Real estate agents and brokers44
- Property management41
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Marquette, MI area?
The Marquette area has 72 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (1%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in the Marquette, MI area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $370M a year, or $13,094 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 72 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 6% 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 28,255 households in the Marquette area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Marquette, MI area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Marquette area has 25.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 94, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Marquette area would have about 68, against 72 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,532 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Marquette, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Marquette area at 68,064 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,255 households. The median household income in the Marquette area is $65,429 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Marquette area scores 44 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #344 of 533 scored small-town markets.
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