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Real estate agents and brokers in the Bellefontaine, OH area

The real estate agents and brokers in the Bellefontaine, OH area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #292 of 533 scored small-town markets
#24 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
37
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$265.3M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,561 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
131
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.9
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,302
+0.4% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Bellefontaine area comes to about $265.3M a year: $13,561 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 31% 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.

There are 37 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Bellefontaine area as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, 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 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Bellefontaine area in 2023. That is one for every 2,445 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Bellefontaine area grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Bellefontaine area is 48 (lower middle), #292 of 533 scored small-town markets and #24 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.

How the Bellefontaine area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Bellefontaine, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureBellefontaine areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.920.730.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)131123100
Households per official establishment2,4451,468788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.0%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,561$13,878$16,661
Median household income$71,551$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4853

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$493K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
371 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
49The 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 the Bellefontaine area, 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 the Bellefontaine area

Population, 2025 estimate
46,302+0.4% since 2020
Households
19,560
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
459 sq. mi.
People per square mile
101
Median household income
$71,551+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,928
Median home value
$203,200
Jobs located here
19,360
Daytime population
44,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate agents and brokers across Ohio

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Bellefontaine area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Van Wert, OH6576.1399+0.3%#73 of 533
2Marion, OH65239.3250−0.4%#77 of 533
3Celina, OH652213.4186+0.5%#83 of 533
4Bucyrus, OH621810.0232−0.3%#105 of 533
5Gallipolis, OH61108.6267−0.5%#116 of 533
6Sidney, OH612412.7201−0.2%#119 of 533
7Tiffin, OH612712.1198−1.0%#120 of 533
8Wilmington, OH602112.5198+0.6%#134 of 533
9Fremont, OH593112.6189−0.4%#144 of 533
10Wooster, OH596414.4175−0.1%#145 of 533
24Bellefontaine, OH483718.9131+0.4%#292 of 533

Other business types in the Bellefontaine area

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

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Bellefontaine, OH area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 37 real estate agents and brokers in the Bellefontaine area. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.

How much do households in the Bellefontaine, OH area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $265.3M a year, or $13,561 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 37 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 31% 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 19,560 households in the Bellefontaine area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bellefontaine, OH area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

The Bellefontaine area 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 131, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Bellefontaine area would have about 49, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,445 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

How fast is the Bellefontaine, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Bellefontaine area at 46,302 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,560 households. Median household income in the Bellefontaine area is $71,551, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.1%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Bellefontaine area scores 48 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #292 of 533 scored small-town markets.

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