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Real estate agents and brokers in Nelson County, ND
How Nelson County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,570 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 2,963
- −1.0% since 2020
See the real estate agents and brokers around any address in Nelson County
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What this means
At $13,570 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Nelson County spend about $18.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no real estate agents and brokers in Nelson County. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Nelson County would have about 3, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of real estate agents and brokers in Nelson County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Nelson County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Nelson County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Nelson County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 20.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | n/a | 127 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 888 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.9% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,570 | $14,169 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $67,193 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Nelson 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 Nelson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,963−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 1,338
- Median age
- 48.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 982 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $67,193
- Average household income
- $100,705
- Median home value
- $139,700
- Jobs located here
- 968
- Daytime population
- 2,899Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Nelson County?
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richland County, ND | 69 | 6 | 8.8 | 295 | +1.2% | #237 of 2,176 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 59 | 14 | 10.0 | 260 | +3.8% | #581 of 2,176 |
| 3McKenzie County, ND | 53 | 17 | 28.3 | 103 | +2.8% | #912 of 2,176 |
| 4Barnes County, ND | 46 | 5 | 10.2 | 239 | −2.7% | #1,253 of 2,176 |
| 5Stutsman County, ND | 44 | 15 | 15.9 | 151 | −0.6% | #1,369 of 2,176 |
| 6Grand Forks County, ND | 43 | 65 | 20.8 | 120 | +1.9% | #1,416 of 2,176 |
| 7Stark County, ND | 43 | 30 | 22.2 | 117 | +0.5% | #1,420 of 2,176 |
| 8Williams County, ND | 39 | 32 | 21.1 | 131 | +1.4% | #1,638 of 2,176 |
| 9Ramsey County, ND | 37 | 9 | 16.6 | 145 | −0.4% | #1,726 of 2,176 |
| 10Cass County, ND | 37 | 233 | 27.8 | 94 | +9.1% | #1,757 of 2,176 |
| Nelson County, ND | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.0% |
Other business types in Nelson County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 estate
- Real estate agents and brokers
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Nelson County, ND?
There are no real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Nelson County as of September 2026. 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 Nelson County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Nelson County, ND spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $18.2M a year, or $13,570 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 1,338 households in Nelson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nelson County, ND compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Nelson County has no real estate agents and brokers on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Nelson County would have about 3, against none on map listings.
How fast is Nelson County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Nelson County at 2,963 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,338 households. Median household income in Nelson County is $67,193, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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