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Real estate agents and brokers in Defiance County, OH
How Defiance County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,150 of 2,176 scored counties
#55 of 84 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 25
- 2 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $205.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,419 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 151
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,292
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Defiance County comes to about $205.7M a year: $13,419 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 51% 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.
Defiance County has 25 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.3, 47% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Defiance County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 1,916 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Defiance County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, Defiance County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,150 of 2,176 scored counties and #55 of 84 scored counties in Ohio.
How Defiance County 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.
| Measure | Defiance County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 20.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 151 | 123 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,916 | 1,468 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,419 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $73,064 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $389K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 252 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Defiance 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 Defiance County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,292+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,327
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $73,064+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,073
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Jobs located here
- 14,922
- Daytime population
- 36,059Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holmes County, OH | 78 | 10 | 7.5 | 352 | +1.7% | #49 of 2,176 |
| 2Putnam County, OH | 73 | 11 | 8.4 | 316 | 0.0% | #120 of 2,176 |
| 3Clermont County, OH | 71 | 90 | 10.6 | 255 | +3.9% | #177 of 2,176 |
| 4Madison County, OH | 70 | 29 | 18.5 | 145 | +7.1% | #224 of 2,176 |
| 5Brown County, OH | 68 | 16 | 9.3 | 263 | +1.6% | #266 of 2,176 |
| 6Lorain County, OH | 67 | 160 | 12.5 | 206 | +3.1% | #300 of 2,176 |
| 7Pickaway County, OH | 66 | 39 | 17.8 | 144 | +7.4% | #336 of 2,176 |
| 8Fulton County, OH | 65 | 19 | 11.2 | 228 | −1.9% | #350 of 2,176 |
| 9Henry County, OH | 64 | 8 | 7.0 | 366 | −0.2% | #372 of 2,176 |
| 10Hardin County, OH | 63 | 7 | 6.0 | 402 | −2.1% | #407 of 2,176 |
| 55Defiance County, OH | 48 | 25 | 16.3 | 151 | +0.1% | #1,150 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Defiance 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 estate52
- Real estate agents and brokers48
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Defiance County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 real estate agents and brokers in Defiance County. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. 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 Defiance County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $205.7M a year, or $13,419 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 25 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 51% 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 15,327 households in Defiance County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Defiance County, OH compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Defiance County has 16.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 151, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Defiance County would have about 38, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,916 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Defiance County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Defiance County at 38,292 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,327 households. Median household income in Defiance County is $73,064, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.9%, 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. Defiance County scores 48 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,150 of 2,176 scored counties.
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