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Real estate agents and brokers in Kanabec County, MN
How Kanabec 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #560 of 2,176 scored counties
#11 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $88.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,505 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 163
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.2
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,628
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kanabec County spend about $88.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,505 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 63% above 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.
Kanabec County has 10 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.2, 50% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Kanabec County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 2,188 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Kanabec County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Kanabec County is 60 (upper middle), #560 of 2,176 scored counties and #11 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Kanabec 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 | Kanabec County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.2 | 29.0 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 163 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,188 | 711 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.1% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,505 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,460 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $161K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Kanabec 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 Kanabec County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,628+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,564
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $71,460+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,428
- Median home value
- $228,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,304
- Daytime population
- 13,380Residents 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 |
| 11Kanabec County, MN | 60 | 10 | 15.2 | 163 | +3.6% | #560 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Kanabec 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 estate68
- Real estate agents and brokers60
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Kanabec County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 real estate agents and brokers in Kanabec County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. 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 Kanabec County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $88.6M a year, or $13,505 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 63% above 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 6,564 households in Kanabec County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kanabec County, MN compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Kanabec County has 15.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 163, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Kanabec County would have about 16, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,188 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Kanabec County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Kanabec County at 16,628 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,564 households. Median household income in Kanabec County is $71,460, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Kanabec County scores 60 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #560 of 2,176 scored counties.
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