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Real estate agents and brokers in Faribault County, MN
How Faribault County, MN 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #502 of 2,176 scored counties
#9 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $80.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,309 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 297
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 73% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,888
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Faribault County comes to about $80.9M a year: $13,309 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3 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.
Faribault County has 5 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 8.2 for every 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Faribault County in 2023. That is one for every 2,026 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Faribault County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate agents and brokers, Faribault County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #502 of 2,176 scored counties and #9 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Faribault County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Faribault County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 29.0 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 297 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,026 | 711 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.1% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,309 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,815 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $152K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Faribault 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 Faribault County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,888−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,079
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 713 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $66,815+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,181
- Median home value
- $135,300
- Jobs located here
- 4,396
- Daytime population
- 13,083Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dodge County, MN | 75 | 9 | 11.1 | 249 | +2.3% | #85 of 2,176 |
| 2Fillmore County, MN | 68 | 8 | 9.2 | 278 | +1.4% | #264 of 2,176 |
| 3Polk County, MN | 66 | 8 | 6.5 | 387 | −1.8% | #315 of 2,176 |
| 4Sibley County, MN | 65 | 8 | 13.5 | 193 | +3.6% | #360 of 2,176 |
| 5Clay County, MN | 64 | 28 | 10.6 | 245 | +3.6% | #380 of 2,176 |
| 6Sherburne County, MN | 64 | 46 | 12.9 | 225 | +6.8% | #383 of 2,176 |
| 7Nicollet County, MN | 63 | 16 | 12.3 | 217 | −0.7% | #419 of 2,176 |
| 8Pope County, MN | 62 | 5 | 10.1 | 252 | +0.8% | #454 of 2,176 |
| 9Faribault County, MN | 61 | 5 | 8.2 | 297 | −0.1% | #502 of 2,176 |
| 10Carlton County, MN | 61 | 19 | 13.5 | 192 | +1.4% | #517 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Faribault 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 estate61
- Real estate agents and brokers61
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Faribault County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 real estate agents and brokers in Faribault County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Faribault County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $80.9M 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 5 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 3 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 6,079 households in Faribault County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Faribault County, MN compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Faribault County has 8.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 297, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Faribault County would have about 15, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,026 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Faribault County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Faribault County at 13,888 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,079 households. Median household income in Faribault County is $66,815, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Faribault County scores 61 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #502 of 2,176 scored counties.
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