Real estate · Metro area · Tennessee
Real estate agents and brokers in the Jackson, TN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in the Jackson, TN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #140 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 161
- 4 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,803 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 114
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.2
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 184,569
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 161 real estate agents and brokers in the Jackson metro area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 2%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.2, 27% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Jackson metro area comes to about $1B a year: $13,803 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 14% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in the Jackson metro area classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 2,683 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Jackson metro area grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Jackson metro area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #140 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Jackson metro area 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 | Jackson metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.2 | 29.6 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 114 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,683 | 1,725 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.4% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,803 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,177 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1614 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 183The 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 Jackson 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 Jackson metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 184,569+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 72,451
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 106
- Median household income
- $61,177+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,447
- Median home value
- $185,300
- Jobs located here
- 84,298
- Daytime population
- 188,381Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morristown, TN | 70 | 89 | 18.6 | 137 | +7.9% | #40 of 387 |
| 2Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 67 | 196 | 15.0 | 169 | +2.3% | #48 of 387 |
| 3Cleveland, TN | 65 | 107 | 21.4 | 122 | +6.1% | #64 of 387 |
| 4Jackson, TN | 54 | 161 | 22.2 | 114 | +2.2% | #140 of 387 |
| 5Johnson City, TN | 54 | 215 | 24.2 | 105 | +4.3% | #142 of 387 |
| 6Knoxville, TN | 54 | 1,132 | 29.9 | 92 | +6.9% | #144 of 387 |
| 7Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 53 | 1,212 | 23.2 | 116 | −0.3% | #153 of 387 |
| 8Chattanooga, TN-GA | 53 | 698 | 30.2 | 91 | +5.3% | #156 of 387 |
| 9Clarksville, TN-KY | 48 | 418 | 33.5 | 79 | +8.5% | #205 of 387 |
| 10Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 47 | 3,337 | 40.2 | 74 | +8.7% | #215 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jackson 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 estate57
- Real estate agents and brokers54
- Property management56
- Mortgage brokers and lenders70
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Jackson, TN metro area?
There are 161 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Jackson metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in the Jackson, TN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1B a year, or $13,803 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 161 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 14% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,451 households in the Jackson metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jackson, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Jackson metro area has 22.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 114, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Jackson metro area would have about 183, against 161 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,683 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jackson, TN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jackson metro area at 184,569 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,451 households. The median household income in the Jackson metro area is $61,177 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Jackson metro area scores 54 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #140 of 387 scored metro areas.
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