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Real estate agents and brokers in El Paso County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in El Paso County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,472 of 2,176 scored counties
#122 of 153 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 660
- 24 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 204
- +39.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $4.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,826 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 115
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.0
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 877,858
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in El Paso County comes to about $4.1B a year: $13,826 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 15% 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.
El Paso County has 660 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 22.0 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 204 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in El Paso County in 2023, up 39.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,469 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.5M has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in El Paso County.
Population estimates show El Paso County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, El Paso County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,472 of 2,176 scored counties and #122 of 153 scored counties in Texas.
How El Paso 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 | El Paso County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.0 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 115 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,469 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +39.7% | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,826 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $59,806 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 146 → 204+39.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 551
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 66024 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 760The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in El Paso 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 El Paso County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 877,858+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 299,637
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,014 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 859
- Median household income
- $59,806+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,845
- Median home value
- $180,400
- Jobs located here
- 347,266
- Daytime population
- 864,827Residents 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 |
| 122El Paso County, TX | 42 | 660 | 22.0 | 115 | +1.3% | #1,472 of 2,176 |
Other business types in El Paso 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 estate35
- Real estate agents and brokers42
- Property management35
- Mortgage brokers and lenders38
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in El Paso County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 660 real estate agents and brokers in El Paso County. 24 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 204 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 39.7% from 2019.
How much do households in El Paso County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.1B a year, or $13,826 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 660 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 15% 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 299,637 households in El Paso County and national spending patterns by income.
How does El Paso County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
El Paso County has 22.0 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 115, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, El Paso County would have about 760, against 660 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,469 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 39.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is El Paso County, TX growing?
Population estimates put El Paso County at 877,858 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 299,637 households. Median household income in El Paso County is $59,806, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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. El Paso County scores 42 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,472 of 2,176 scored counties.
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