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Real estate agents and brokers in the Lima, OH metro area
The real estate agents and brokers in the Lima, OH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #93 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 53
- 3 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $540.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,081 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 187
- 87% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 100,881
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Lima metro area comes to about $540.2M a year: $13,081 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 87% 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 53 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Lima metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.8 per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Lima metro area classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 2,950 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Lima metro area declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Lima metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #93 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Lima 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.
| Measure | Lima metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 20.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 187 | 123 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,950 | 1,468 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,081 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,038 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 533 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 99The 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 Lima 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 Lima metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 100,881−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,295
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 403 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $64,038+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,511
- Median home value
- $165,300
- Jobs located here
- 49,401
- Daytime population
- 105,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →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 Lima metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 62 | 151 | 9.9 | 254 | −2.6% | #76 of 387 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 60 | 45 | 9.1 | 264 | −3.6% | #82 of 387 |
| 1Lima, OH | 59 | 53 | 12.8 | 187 | −1.2% | #93 of 387 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 58 | 69 | 11.9 | 205 | −3.6% | #101 of 387 |
| 2Mansfield, OH | 57 | 68 | 13.6 | 172 | −0.1% | #109 of 387 |
| 3Springfield, OH | 57 | 80 | 14.3 | 167 | −0.4% | #110 of 387 |
| 4Youngstown-Warren, OH | 54 | 265 | 14.4 | 162 | −1.4% | #136 of 387 |
| 5Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 52 | 2,082 | 23.0 | 119 | +2.7% | #164 of 387 |
| 6Akron, OH | 51 | 548 | 18.5 | 138 | 0.0% | #169 of 387 |
| 7Toledo, OH | 51 | 461 | 18.1 | 136 | −1.0% | #170 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lima metro area
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 estate61
- Real estate agents and brokers59
- Property management60
- Mortgage brokers and lenders35
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Lima, OH metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 53 real estate agents and brokers in the Lima metro area. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in the Lima, OH metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $540.2M a year, or $13,081 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 53 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 87% 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 41,295 households in the Lima metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lima, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Lima metro area has 12.8 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 187, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Lima metro area would have about 99, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,950 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lima, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lima metro area at 100,881 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,295 households. Median household income in the Lima metro area is $64,038, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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 Lima metro area scores 59 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #93 of 387 scored metro areas.
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