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Real estate agents and brokers in Lamar County, MS
The real estate agents and brokers in Lamar County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,623 of 2,176 scored counties
#34 of 42 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 113
- 4 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $377.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,860 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 61
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 44.5
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,403
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Lamar County comes to about $377.2M a year: $14,860 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 39% 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.
Lamar County has 113 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 44.5 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Lamar County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 1,209 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lamar County grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lamar County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #1,623 of 2,176 scored counties and #34 of 42 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Lamar County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Lamar County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 44.5 | 17.6 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 61 | 143 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,209 | 1,985 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.5% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,860 | $13,696 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $70,909 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1134 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 69The 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 Lamar 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 Lamar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,403+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 25,381
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 132
- Median household income
- $70,909+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,987
- Median home value
- $224,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,631
- Daytime population
- 63,441Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tate County, MS | 73 | 7 | 6.4 | 408 | +2.1% | #117 of 2,176 |
| 2Union County, MS | 72 | 7 | 7.1 | 352 | +2.3% | #145 of 2,176 |
| 3George County, MS | 72 | 12 | 12.9 | 198 | +8.1% | #160 of 2,176 |
| 4Pontotoc County, MS | 70 | 11 | 9.3 | 262 | +2.9% | #208 of 2,176 |
| 5Alcorn County, MS | 64 | 10 | 6.9 | 344 | −0.5% | #373 of 2,176 |
| 6Jones County, MS | 62 | 27 | 10.8 | 228 | −1.0% | #459 of 2,176 |
| 7Stone County, MS | 62 | 10 | 14.9 | 168 | +7.2% | #483 of 2,176 |
| 8DeSoto County, MS | 61 | 152 | 21.4 | 134 | +6.3% | #534 of 2,176 |
| 9Simpson County, MS | 60 | 5 | 5.2 | 477 | −1.5% | #536 of 2,176 |
| 10Grenada County, MS | 60 | 6 | 7.1 | 341 | −3.3% | #540 of 2,176 |
| 34Lamar County, MS | 40 | 113 | 44.5 | 61 | +4.7% | #1,623 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Lamar 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 estate38
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management53
- Mortgage brokers and lenders34
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Lamar County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 113 real estate agents and brokers in Lamar County. 4 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Lamar County, MS spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $377.2M a year, or $14,860 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 113 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 39% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,381 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lamar County, MS compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Lamar County has 44.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 61, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Lamar County would have about 69, against 113 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,209 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Lamar County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lamar County at 67,403 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,381 households. Median household income in Lamar County is $70,909, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.5%, 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. Lamar County scores 40 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,623 of 2,176 scored counties.
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