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Real estate agents and brokers in Adair County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Adair County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,781 of 2,176 scored counties
#50 of 78 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 15
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $116.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,808 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 143
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,684
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Adair County is 36 (lower middle), #1,781 of 2,176 scored counties and #50 of 78 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Adair County comes to about $116.9M a year: $12,808 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 43% 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.
Adair County has 15 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 16.4 for every 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Adair County in 2023. That is one for every 913 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates show Adair County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Adair County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Adair County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 25.6 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 143 | 99 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 913 | 984 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,808 | $13,809 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,536 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $831K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 152 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Adair 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 Adair County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,684+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 9,126
- Median age
- 34.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 567 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $61,536+46.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,838
- Median home value
- $165,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,913
- Daytime population
- 24,976Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew County, MO | 66 | 5 | 7.2 | 356 | +0.7% | #316 of 2,176 |
| 2McDonald County, MO | 62 | 5 | 5.8 | 385 | +3.1% | #448 of 2,176 |
| 3Callaway County, MO | 59 | 22 | 13.3 | 186 | +3.2% | #595 of 2,176 |
| 4Jefferson County, MO | 59 | 128 | 14.5 | 181 | +2.7% | #597 of 2,176 |
| 5Lincoln County, MO | 59 | 51 | 22.4 | 118 | +11.4% | #622 of 2,176 |
| 6Pike County, MO | 58 | 6 | 9.3 | 248 | +3.1% | #633 of 2,176 |
| 7Dallas County, MO | 58 | 7 | 10.3 | 214 | +5.2% | #638 of 2,176 |
| 8Washington County, MO | 57 | 6 | 6.7 | 336 | +1.6% | #666 of 2,176 |
| 9Benton County, MO | 56 | 7 | 8.2 | 270 | +5.7% | #721 of 2,176 |
| 10Lawrence County, MO | 56 | 21 | 14.4 | 162 | +3.7% | #745 of 2,176 |
| 50Adair County, MO | 36 | 15 | 16.4 | 143 | +1.6% | #1,781 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Adair 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 brokers36
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Adair County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 real estate agents and brokers in Adair County. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Adair County, MO spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $116.9M a year, or $12,808 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 15 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 43% 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 9,126 households in Adair County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adair County, MO compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Adair County has 16.4 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 143, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Adair County would have about 21, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 913 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Adair County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Adair County at 25,684 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,126 households. Median household income in Adair County is $61,536, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 46.8%, 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. Adair County scores 36 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,781 of 2,176 scored counties.
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