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Real estate agents and brokers in Fayette County, TN
How Fayette County, TN 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 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #26 of 2,176 scored counties
#1 of 76 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 20
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $270.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,699 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 248
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,071
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate agents and brokers, Fayette County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #26 of 2,176 scored counties and #1 of 76 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate agents and brokers.
Households in Fayette County spend about $270.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $15,699 per household, 6% 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 20 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.6 per 10,000 households, 62% 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 Fayette County in 2023. That is one for every 2,151 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fayette County grew 7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fayette County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Fayette County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 29.6 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 248 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,151 | 1,725 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.4% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,699 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $88,456 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $643K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 200 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,071+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 17,210
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 704 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $88,456+45.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,294
- Median home value
- $340,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,545
- Daytime population
- 31,789Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 80 | 20 | 11.6 | 248 | +7.7% | #26 of 2,176 |
| 2Macon County, TN | 79 | 6 | 6.4 | 393 | +9.5% | #35 of 2,176 |
| 3Union County, TN | 79 | 6 | 7.6 | 334 | +8.1% | #39 of 2,176 |
| 4Bedford County, TN | 79 | 25 | 12.8 | 206 | +9.7% | #42 of 2,176 |
| 5Polk County, TN | 78 | 6 | 8.1 | 318 | +5.9% | #51 of 2,176 |
| 6Gibson County, TN | 75 | 20 | 9.8 | 259 | +2.7% | #84 of 2,176 |
| 7Anderson County, TN | 75 | 47 | 14.3 | 186 | +6.1% | #90 of 2,176 |
| 8Sequatchie County, TN | 74 | 6 | 9.7 | 255 | +12.7% | #108 of 2,176 |
| 9Jefferson County, TN | 74 | 29 | 13.3 | 197 | +9.3% | #113 of 2,176 |
| 10Smith County, TN | 73 | 9 | 11.3 | 234 | +5.1% | #131 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Fayette 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 estate80
- Real estate agents and brokers80
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Fayette County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 real estate agents and brokers in Fayette County. None of them 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 Fayette County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $270.2M a year, or $15,699 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 20 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 17,210 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, TN compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Fayette County has 11.6 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 248, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Fayette County would have about 50, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,151 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 45,071 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,210 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $88,456, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.7%, 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. Fayette County scores 80 for real estate agents and brokers (high), #26 of 2,176 scored counties.
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