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Real estate agents and brokers in Petroleum County, MT

How Petroleum 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
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,962 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
65
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
45.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
548
+9.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Petroleum County comes to about $3.5M a year: $15,962 per household, 4% below 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.

Petroleum County has 1 real estate agent or broker on map listings as of September 2026. That is 45.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of real estate agents and brokers in Petroleum County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Petroleum County grew 9.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Petroleum 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in Petroleum County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasurePetroleum CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households45.237.830.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)6584100
Households per official establishmentn/a417788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.6%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,962$17,303$16,661
Median household income$60,208$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored31

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Petroleum 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 Petroleum County

Population, 2025 estimate
548+9.2% since 2020
Households
221
Median age
Not shownNot reliable for an area this small
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
1,656 sq. mi.
People per square mile
0
Median household income
$60,208
Average household income
$78,436
Median home value
$201,400
Jobs located here
76
Daytime population
Not shownNot reliable for an area this small

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Real estate agents and brokers across Montana

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The highest-scoring counties in Montana for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Montana, with Petroleum County marked.

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Richland County, MT60613.6240−1.3%#545 of 2,176
2Custer County, MT56815.9191+1.5%#737 of 2,176
3Sanders County, MT501323.8120+12.9%#1,058 of 2,176
4Carbon County, MT501327.9118+9.1%#1,059 of 2,176
5Lake County, MT474031.895+6.9%#1,245 of 2,176
6Fergus County, MT451426.4111+3.1%#1,333 of 2,176
7Hill County, MT411422.6126−0.5%#1,515 of 2,176
8Cascade County, MT4110529.5104+0.7%#1,527 of 2,176
9Yellowstone County, MT4024034.395+4.5%#1,601 of 2,176
10Silver Bow County, MT394629.897+2.6%#1,653 of 2,176
Petroleum County, MTNot scored145.265+9.2%

Other business types in Petroleum County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in Petroleum County, MT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 real estate agent or broker in Petroleum 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 Petroleum County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Petroleum County, MT spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $3.5M a year, or $15,962 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 221 households in Petroleum County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Petroleum County, MT compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

Petroleum County has 1 real estate agent or broker on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending.

How fast is Petroleum County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Petroleum County at 548 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 221 households. Median household income in Petroleum County is $60,208, 25% 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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How the score works · Top markets for real estate agents and brokers · All 56 business types in Petroleum County

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