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Real estate agents and brokers in Lea County, NM
The real estate agents and brokers in Lea County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #252 of 2,176 scored counties
#6 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 45
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $415.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,856 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 169
- 69% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.2
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,749
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 real estate agents and brokers in Lea County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 18.2 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Lea County comes to about $415.8M a year: $16,856 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 69% 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.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Lea County in 2023. That is one for every 6,168 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lea County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Lea County is 69 (upper middle), #252 of 2,176 scored counties and #6 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lea County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Lea County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.2 | 23.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 169 | 129 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 6,168 | 1,123 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,856 | $16,591 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,015 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $104K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 450 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The 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 Lea 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 Lea County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,749+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,670
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $68,015+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,389
- Median home value
- $184,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,256
- Daytime population
- 77,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Torrance County, NM | 83 | 6 | 9.9 | 288 | +6.9% | #12 of 2,176 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 80 | 30 | 10.9 | 269 | +7.2% | #25 of 2,176 |
| 3Rio Arriba County, NM | 77 | 10 | 6.4 | 457 | −1.0% | #57 of 2,176 |
| 4Sandoval County, NM | 73 | 75 | 13.2 | 255 | +6.9% | #129 of 2,176 |
| 5McKinley County, NM | 71 | 12 | 5.6 | 479 | −6.1% | #167 of 2,176 |
| 6Lea County, NM | 69 | 45 | 18.2 | 169 | +0.2% | #252 of 2,176 |
| 7Eddy County, NM | 68 | 43 | 18.2 | 176 | +0.3% | #280 of 2,176 |
| 8Cibola County, NM | 67 | 7 | 8.2 | 333 | −0.6% | #294 of 2,176 |
| 9Chaves County, NM | 66 | 30 | 12.7 | 222 | −2.7% | #324 of 2,176 |
| 10San Miguel County, NM | 65 | 13 | 10.9 | 249 | −3.2% | #346 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Lea 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 estate61
- Real estate agents and brokers69
- Property management51
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Lea County, NM?
There are 45 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Lea 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 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Lea County, NM spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $415.8M a year, or $16,856 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 45 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 69% 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 24,670 households in Lea County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lea County, NM compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Lea County has 18.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 169, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Lea County would have about 76, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,168 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Lea County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Lea County at 74,749 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,670 households. The median household income in Lea County is $68,015 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. Lea County scores 69 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #252 of 2,176 scored counties.
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