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Real estate agents and brokers in Cooke County, TX
How Cooke County, TX 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #493 of 2,176 scored counties
#42 of 153 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 35
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $253.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,335 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 133
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.2
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,461
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Cooke County comes to about $253.5M a year: $15,335 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 33% 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.
Cooke County has 35 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 21.2 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Cooke County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,836 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cooke County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Cooke County is 62 (upper middle), #493 of 2,176 scored counties and #42 of 153 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cooke 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 | Cooke County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.2 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 133 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,836 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,335 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $73,932 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $687K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 350 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The 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 Cooke 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 Cooke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,461+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,528
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 875 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $73,932+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,815
- Median home value
- $240,400
- Jobs located here
- 14,462
- Daytime population
- 37,643Residents 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 |
| 42Cooke County, TX | 62 | 35 | 21.2 | 133 | +6.5% | #493 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Cooke 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 estate58
- Real estate agents and brokers62
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders62
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Cooke County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 real estate agents and brokers in Cooke County. 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 Cooke County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $253.5M a year, or $15,335 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 35 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 33% 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 16,528 households in Cooke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cooke County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Cooke County has 21.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 133, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Cooke County would have about 47, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,836 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Cooke County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Cooke County at 44,461 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,528 households. Median household income in Cooke County is $73,932, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Cooke County scores 62 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #493 of 2,176 scored counties.
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