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Real estate agents and brokers in Carter County, MT
How Carter County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,159 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 1,383
- −1.6% since 2020
See the real estate agents and brokers around any address in Carter County
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What this means
There are no real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Carter County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Carter County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Carter County comes to about $9.1M a year: $15,159 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Carter County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Carter County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Carter County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 37.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | n/a | 84 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 417 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.6% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,159 | $17,303 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,167 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,383−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 600
- Median age
- 57.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 3,341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $54,167
- Average household income
- $67,789
- Median home value
- $199,200
- Jobs located here
- 290
- Daytime population
- 1,228Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richland County, MT | 60 | 6 | 13.6 | 240 | −1.3% | #545 of 2,176 |
| 2Custer County, MT | 56 | 8 | 15.9 | 191 | +1.5% | #737 of 2,176 |
| 3Sanders County, MT | 50 | 13 | 23.8 | 120 | +12.9% | #1,058 of 2,176 |
| 4Carbon County, MT | 50 | 13 | 27.9 | 118 | +9.1% | #1,059 of 2,176 |
| 5Lake County, MT | 47 | 40 | 31.8 | 95 | +6.9% | #1,245 of 2,176 |
| 6Fergus County, MT | 45 | 14 | 26.4 | 111 | +3.1% | #1,333 of 2,176 |
| 7Hill County, MT | 41 | 14 | 22.6 | 126 | −0.5% | #1,515 of 2,176 |
| 8Cascade County, MT | 41 | 105 | 29.5 | 104 | +0.7% | #1,527 of 2,176 |
| 9Yellowstone County, MT | 40 | 240 | 34.3 | 95 | +4.5% | #1,601 of 2,176 |
| 10Silver Bow County, MT | 39 | 46 | 29.8 | 97 | +2.6% | #1,653 of 2,176 |
| Carter County, MT | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.6% |
Other business types in Carter County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 estate
- Real estate agents and brokers
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Carter County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no real estate agents and brokers in Carter County. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. No official count is published for offices of real estate agents and brokers in Carter County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carter County, MT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $9.1M a year, or $15,159 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 600 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, MT compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Carter County has no real estate agents and brokers on map listings. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Carter County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
How fast is Carter County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 1,383 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 600 households. The median household income in Carter County is $54,167 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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