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Real estate agents and brokers in Richmond County, NY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Richmond County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #217 of 2,176 scored counties
#29 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
323
8 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
91
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.4B
On rent and homeowner costs · $19,791 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
192
92% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.9
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
501,290
+1.3% 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

For real estate agents and brokers, Richmond County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #217 of 2,176 scored counties and #29 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate agents and brokers.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Richmond County comes to about $3.4B a year: $19,791 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 92% 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.

Richmond County has 323 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (2%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 18.9 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Richmond County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,877 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $380K have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Richmond County. Population estimates show Richmond County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Richmond County compares

The same measures for New York 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 Richmond County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureRichmond CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.926.430.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)192132100
Households per official establishment1,8771,170788
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+7.2%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$19,791$19,048$16,661
Median household income$98,333$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score7066

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
91 → 910.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
188
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3238 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
620The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$380K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Richmond 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 Richmond County

Population, 2025 estimate
501,290+1.3% since 2020
Households
170,777
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.4
Land area
58 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8,604
Median household income
$98,333+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,747
Median home value
$675,500
Jobs located here
129,021
Daytime population
400,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Schenectady County, NY857611.4291+3.0%#6 of 2,176
2Wayne County, NY80348.9355+0.1%#22 of 2,176
3Tioga County, NY79125.9539−1.9%#31 of 2,176
4Seneca County, NY7875.1593−1.7%#44 of 2,176
5Genesee County, NY78176.8456+0.2%#45 of 2,176
6Wyoming County, NY78127.3420−1.3%#47 of 2,176
7Oswego County, NY78398.3375+1.0%#48 of 2,176
8Allegany County, NY781910.7274+0.9%#53 of 2,176
9Rensselaer County, NY789113.6248−0.2%#54 of 2,176
10Schoharie County, NY771310.1310+1.4%#60 of 2,176
29Richmond County, NY7032318.9192+1.3%#217 of 2,176

Other business types in Richmond County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in Richmond County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 323 real estate agents and brokers in Richmond County. 8 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

How much do households in Richmond County, NY spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $3.4B a year, or $19,791 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 323 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 92% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 170,777 households in Richmond County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Richmond County has 18.9 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 192, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Richmond County would have about 620, against 323 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,877 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Richmond County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Richmond County at 501,290 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 170,777 households. Median household income in Richmond County is $98,333, 22% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.8%, 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. Richmond County scores 70 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #217 of 2,176 scored counties.

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