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Real estate agents and brokers in the Marion, OH area

How the Marion, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #77 of 533 scored small-town markets
#2 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
23
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$313.2M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,687 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
250
2.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.3
70% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
65,115
−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 Marion area comes to about $313.2M a year: $12,687 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.5 times 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 23 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Marion area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 70% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Marion area in 2023. That is one for every 8,228 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Marion area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Marion area is 65 (upper middle), #77 of 533 scored small-town markets and #2 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Marion 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 Marion, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMarion areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.320.730.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)250123100
Households per official establishment8,2281,468788
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$12,687$13,878$16,661
Median household income$59,371$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6553

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$287K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
230 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
57The 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 Marion 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 Marion area

Population, 2025 estimate
65,115−0.4% since 2020
Households
24,683
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
404 sq. mi.
People per square mile
161
Median household income
$59,371+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,921
Median home value
$156,800
Jobs located here
23,364
Daytime population
60,757Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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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 Marion 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

Other business types in the Marion 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 Marion, OH area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 23 real estate agents and brokers in the Marion area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.

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

About $313.2M a year, or $12,687 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 23 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.5 times 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 24,683 households in the Marion area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Marion area has 9.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 250, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Marion area would have about 57, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,228 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

How fast is the Marion, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Marion area at 65,115 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,683 households. Median household income in the Marion area is $59,371, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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 Marion area scores 65 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #77 of 533 scored small-town markets.

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