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Real estate agents and brokers in Brown County, TX
The real estate agents and brokers in Brown County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,820 of 2,176 scored counties
#140 of 153 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 46
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $201.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,477 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 80
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,711
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate agents and brokers, Brown County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,820 of 2,176 scored counties and #140 of 153 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 46 real estate agents and brokers in Brown County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 30.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Brown County comes to about $201.8M a year: $13,477 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 20% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Brown County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,664 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brown County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Brown County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Brown County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.7 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 80 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,664 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,477 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $57,470 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $427K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 460 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,711+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 14,972
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $57,470+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,477
- Median home value
- $158,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,839
- Daytime population
- 36,518Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Liberty County, TX | 85 | 38 | 12.2 | 221 | +31.3% | #7 of 2,176 |
| 2Chambers County, TX | 83 | 24 | 13.9 | 228 | +22.6% | #14 of 2,176 |
| 3Rusk County, TX | 82 | 12 | 6.7 | 399 | +5.0% | #15 of 2,176 |
| 4San Jacinto County, TX | 77 | 10 | 9.2 | 281 | +7.1% | #61 of 2,176 |
| 5Orange County, TX | 76 | 38 | 11.7 | 235 | +1.8% | #74 of 2,176 |
| 6Ector County, TX | 76 | 91 | 14.1 | 193 | +5.0% | #75 of 2,176 |
| 7Atascosa County, TX | 75 | 22 | 13.1 | 201 | +8.7% | #89 of 2,176 |
| 8Caldwell County, TX | 75 | 24 | 14.4 | 186 | +20.0% | #91 of 2,176 |
| 9Kaufman County, TX | 75 | 83 | 16.3 | 180 | +42.2% | #92 of 2,176 |
| 10Falls County, TX | 74 | 5 | 7.9 | 318 | +5.5% | #98 of 2,176 |
| 140Brown County, TX | 36 | 46 | 30.7 | 80 | +1.7% | #1,820 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Brown 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 estate38
- Real estate agents and brokers36
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Brown County, TX?
Brown County has 46 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them 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 Brown County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $201.8M a year, or $13,477 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 46 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 20% below 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 14,972 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Brown County has 30.7 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 80, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Brown County would have about 37, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,664 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 38,711 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,972 households. The median household income in Brown County is $57,470 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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. Brown County scores 36 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,820 of 2,176 scored counties.
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