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Real estate agents and brokers in Washington County, NE
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Washington County, NE, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #637 of 2,176 scored counties
#6 of 24 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $128.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,263 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 215
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.1
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,302
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 real estate agents and brokers in Washington County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.1, 57% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Washington County comes to about $128.7M a year: $15,263 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.2 times 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.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Washington County in 2023. That is one for every 937 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Washington County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, Washington County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #637 of 2,176 scored counties and #6 of 24 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Washington County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Washington County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.1 | 22.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 215 | 116 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 937 | 705 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.1% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,263 | $14,176 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $94,396 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $267K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Washington 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 Washington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,302+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 8,429
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 390 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $94,396+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,199
- Median home value
- $297,600
- Jobs located here
- 8,537
- Daytime population
- 18,136Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, NE | 66 | 7 | 6.5 | 431 | +3.9% | #313 of 2,176 |
| 2Saline County, NE | 63 | 6 | 11.7 | 220 | +1.9% | #418 of 2,176 |
| 3Sarpy County, NE | 62 | 110 | 14.8 | 196 | +9.0% | #472 of 2,176 |
| 4Otoe County, NE | 60 | 8 | 12.5 | 207 | +3.9% | #554 of 2,176 |
| 5Seward County, NE | 59 | 7 | 10.3 | 254 | +2.3% | #584 of 2,176 |
| 6Washington County, NE | 58 | 11 | 13.1 | 215 | +1.8% | #637 of 2,176 |
| 7Gage County, NE | 54 | 10 | 10.7 | 226 | +0.2% | #811 of 2,176 |
| 8Custer County, NE | 53 | 5 | 11.1 | 220 | 0.0% | #863 of 2,176 |
| 9Dakota County, NE | 50 | 10 | 13.4 | 184 | +0.7% | #1,031 of 2,176 |
| 10York County, NE | 50 | 9 | 15.8 | 161 | +3.3% | #1,039 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Washington 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 estate58
- Real estate agents and brokers58
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Washington County, NE?
There are 11 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Washington County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Washington County, NE spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $128.7M a year, or $15,263 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 11 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.2 times 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 8,429 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washington County, NE compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Washington County has 13.1 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 215, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Washington County would have about 24, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 937 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Washington County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Washington County at 21,302 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,429 households. The median household income in Washington County is $94,396 a year, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. Washington County scores 58 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #637 of 2,176 scored counties.
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