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Real estate agents and brokers in Cheshire County, NH
The real estate agents and brokers in Cheshire County, NH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #221 of 2,176 scored counties
#3 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 61
- 6 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $556.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,185 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 167
- 67% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.9
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,269
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 real estate agents and brokers in Cheshire County. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.9, 35% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Cheshire County comes to about $556.8M a year: $18,185 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 67% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Cheshire County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 2,355 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Cheshire County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cheshire County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #221 of 2,176 scored counties and #3 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cheshire County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Cheshire County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.9 | 32.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 167 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,355 | 1,531 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,185 | $19,755 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $83,329 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 616 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 102The 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 Cheshire 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 Cheshire County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,269+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 30,620
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $83,329+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,430
- Median home value
- $280,100
- Jobs located here
- 32,125
- Daytime population
- 72,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Strafford County, NH | 80 | 88 | 16.9 | 207 | +3.0% | #28 of 2,176 |
| 2Sullivan County, NH | 71 | 36 | 21.7 | 152 | +2.1% | #197 of 2,176 |
| 3Cheshire County, NH | 70 | 61 | 19.9 | 167 | +2.3% | #221 of 2,176 |
| 4Merrimack County, NH | 59 | 195 | 32.0 | 111 | +2.6% | #624 of 2,176 |
| 5Hillsborough County, NH | 58 | 509 | 30.2 | 123 | +2.5% | #663 of 2,176 |
| 6Coos County, NH | 56 | 31 | 22.1 | 132 | +0.4% | #760 of 2,176 |
| 7Rockingham County, NH | 50 | 562 | 44.1 | 89 | +3.0% | #1,070 of 2,176 |
| 8Carroll County, NH | 46 | 88 | 40.3 | 84 | +5.0% | #1,299 of 2,176 |
| 9Grafton County, NH | 44 | 136 | 36.7 | 95 | +2.2% | #1,388 of 2,176 |
| 10Belknap County, NH | 44 | 110 | 41.8 | 83 | +2.1% | #1,395 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Cheshire 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 estate63
- Real estate agents and brokers70
- Property management60
- Mortgage brokers and lenders78
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Cheshire County, NH?
There are 61 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Cheshire County as of September 2026. 6 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Cheshire County, NH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $556.8M a year, or $18,185 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 61 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 67% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,620 households in Cheshire County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cheshire County, NH compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Cheshire County has 19.9 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 167, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Cheshire County would have about 102, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,355 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Cheshire County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Cheshire County at 78,269 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,620 households. The median household income in Cheshire County is $83,329 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Cheshire County scores 70 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #221 of 2,176 scored counties.
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