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Real estate agents and brokers in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area

The real estate agents and brokers in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #185 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
306
8 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
99
+34.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.2B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,363 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
134
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.3
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
400,246
−0.2% since 2020

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What this means

At $13,363 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Canton-Massillon metro area spend about $2.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 34% 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 306 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Canton-Massillon metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 18.3 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Canton-Massillon metro area in 2023, up 34.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,688 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $165K have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Canton-Massillon metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Canton-Massillon metro area declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Canton-Massillon metro area is 49 (lower middle), #185 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Canton-Massillon metro 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 Canton-Massillon, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureCanton-Massillon metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.320.730.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)134123100
Households per official establishment1,6881,468788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+34.3%+20.0%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,363$13,878$16,661
Median household income$67,801$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4953

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
99+34.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
228
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3068 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
410The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$165K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Canton-Massillon metro 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 Canton-Massillon metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
400,246−0.2% since 2020
Households
167,161
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
970 sq. mi.
People per square mile
413
Median household income
$67,801+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,722
Median home value
$186,200
Jobs located here
167,864
Daytime population
384,518Residents 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 metro areas in Ohio for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Canton-Massillon metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas 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
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH621519.9254−2.6%#76 of 387
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH60459.1264−3.6%#82 of 387
1Lima, OH595312.8187−1.2%#93 of 387
Wheeling, WV-OH586911.9205−3.6%#101 of 387
2Mansfield, OH576813.6172−0.1%#109 of 387
3Springfield, OH578014.3167−0.4%#110 of 387
4Youngstown-Warren, OH5426514.4162−1.4%#136 of 387
5Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN522,08223.0119+2.7%#164 of 387
6Akron, OH5154818.51380.0%#169 of 387
7Toledo, OH5146118.1136−1.0%#170 of 387
8Canton-Massillon, OH4930618.3134−0.2%#185 of 387

Other business types in the Canton-Massillon metro area

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Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 306 real estate agents and brokers in the Canton-Massillon metro area. 8 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 34.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.2B a year, or $13,363 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 306 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 34% 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 167,161 households in the Canton-Massillon metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

The Canton-Massillon metro area has 18.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 134, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Canton-Massillon metro area would have about 410, against 306 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,688 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 34.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Canton-Massillon metro area at 400,246 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 167,161 households. Median household income in the Canton-Massillon metro area is $67,801, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.6%, 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. The Canton-Massillon metro area scores 49 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #185 of 387 scored metro areas.

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