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Real estate agents and brokers in Jefferson County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Jefferson County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #113 of 2,176 scored counties
#9 of 76 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
29
3 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$311.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,288 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
197
97% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.3
57% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
60,024
+9.3% 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

For real estate agents and brokers, Jefferson County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #113 of 2,176 scored counties and #9 of 76 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate agents and brokers.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Jefferson County comes to about $311.7M a year: $14,288 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 97% 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.

Jefferson County has 29 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Jefferson County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 2,424 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jefferson County grew 9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Jefferson 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in Jefferson County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.329.630.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)19792100
Households per official establishment2,4241,725788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.4%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,288$14,833$16,661
Median household income$66,114$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7455

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 9
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$622K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
293 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

Population, 2025 estimate
60,024+9.3% since 2020
Households
21,817
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
275 sq. mi.
People per square mile
207
Median household income
$66,114+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,264
Median home value
$229,300
Jobs located here
14,077
Daytime population
47,008Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Fayette County, TN802011.6248+7.7%#26 of 2,176
2Macon County, TN7966.4393+9.5%#35 of 2,176
3Union County, TN7967.6334+8.1%#39 of 2,176
4Bedford County, TN792512.8206+9.7%#42 of 2,176
5Polk County, TN7868.1318+5.9%#51 of 2,176
6Gibson County, TN75209.8259+2.7%#84 of 2,176
7Anderson County, TN754714.3186+6.1%#90 of 2,176
8Sequatchie County, TN7469.7255+12.7%#108 of 2,176
9Jefferson County, TN742913.3197+9.3%#113 of 2,176
10Smith County, TN73911.3234+5.1%#131 of 2,176

Other business types in Jefferson County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in Jefferson County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 real estate agents and brokers in Jefferson County. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.

How much do households in Jefferson County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $311.7M a year, or $14,288 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 29 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 97% 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 21,817 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jefferson County, TN compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

Jefferson County has 13.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 197, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 57, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,424 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

How fast is Jefferson County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Jefferson County at 60,024 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,817 households. Median household income in Jefferson County is $66,114, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. Jefferson County scores 74 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #113 of 2,176 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for real estate agents and brokers · All 56 business types in Jefferson County

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