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Real estate agents and brokers in Socorro County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Socorro County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #860 of 2,176 scored counties
#16 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $73.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,949 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 270
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,838
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Socorro County spend about $73.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,949 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.7 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.
Socorro County has 5 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of real estate agents and brokers in Socorro County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Socorro County declined 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate agents and brokers, Socorro County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #860 of 2,176 scored counties and #16 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Socorro 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 | Socorro County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 23.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 270 | 129 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,123 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,949 | $16,591 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $36,570 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 61 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Socorro 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 Socorro County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,838−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,269
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,646 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $36,570−13.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,088
- Median home value
- $137,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,706
- Daytime population
- 14,715Residents 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 |
| 16Socorro County, NM | 53 | 5 | 9.5 | 270 | −4.3% | #860 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Socorro 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 brokers53
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Socorro County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 real estate agents and brokers in Socorro County. None of them are chain locations. 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 Socorro County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Socorro County, NM spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $73.5M a year, or $13,949 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.7 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,269 households in Socorro County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Socorro County, NM compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Socorro County has 9.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 270, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Socorro County would have about 14, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Socorro County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Socorro County at 15,838 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,269 households. Median household income in Socorro County is $36,570, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 13.1%, 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. Socorro County scores 53 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #860 of 2,176 scored counties.
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