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Real estate agents and brokers in Steele County, MN
How Steele 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,107 of 2,176 scored counties
#28 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 31
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $216.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,301 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 128
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,464
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 real estate agents and brokers in Steele County. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 20.5 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Steele County comes to about $216.5M a year: $14,301 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 28% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Steele County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 1,892 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Steele County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Steele County is 49 (lower middle), #1,107 of 2,176 scored counties and #28 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Steele 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 | Steele County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 29.0 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 128 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,892 | 711 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.1% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,301 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $84,196 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $667K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 312 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 Steele 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 Steele County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,464+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,138
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 430 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $84,196+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,587
- Median home value
- $245,400
- Jobs located here
- 18,785
- Daytime population
- 38,229Residents 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 |
| 28Steele County, MN | 49 | 31 | 20.5 | 128 | +0.2% | #1,107 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Steele 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 estate40
- Real estate agents and brokers49
- Property management39
- Mortgage brokers and lenders26
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Steele County, MN?
Steele County has 31 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. 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 Steele County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $216.5M a year, or $14,301 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 31 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 28% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,138 households in Steele County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Steele County, MN compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Steele County has 20.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 128, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Steele County would have about 40, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,892 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Steele County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Steele County at 37,464 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,138 households. The median household income in Steele County is $84,196 a year, 4% 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. Steele County scores 49 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,107 of 2,176 scored counties.
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