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Real estate agents and brokers in the El Paso, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in the El Paso, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #218 of 387 scored metro areas
#19 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
660
24 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
204
+39.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$4.2B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,822 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
881,291
+1.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 660 real estate agents and brokers in the El Paso metro area. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 22.0 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

At $13,822 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the El Paso metro area spend about $4.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the El Paso metro area was 204 in 2023, up 39.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,473 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 the El Paso metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the El Paso metro area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the El Paso metro area is 46 (lower middle), #218 of 387 scored metro areas and #19 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the El Paso metro area 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in El Paso, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureEl Paso metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.029.730.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)11597100
Households per official establishment1,473964788
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$13,822$15,682$16,661
Median household income$59,751$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4652

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
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
762The 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 the El Paso 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 El Paso metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
881,291+1.3% since 2020
Households
300,479
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
5,584 sq. mi.
People per square mile
157
Median household income
$59,751+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,791
Median home value
$180,200
Jobs located here
348,186
Daytime population
868,355Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Texas, with the El Paso metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Odessa, TX829114.1193+5.0%#3 of 387
2Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX6726617.8149+0.5%#51 of 387
3Midland, TX6716623.8129+9.8%#53 of 387
4Laredo, TX6615819.4132+5.2%#56 of 387
5McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX6053819.9123+5.6%#90 of 387
6Longview, TX5923822.0119+3.8%#95 of 387
7Sherman-Denison, TX5814526.2105+12.8%#108 of 387
8Victoria, TX579023.9111+1.6%#121 of 387
9Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX547,95029.999+10.3%#143 of 387
10Wichita Falls, TX5311620.4128+0.7%#150 of 387
19El Paso, TX4666022.0115+1.3%#218 of 387

Other business types in the El Paso metro area

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

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in the El Paso, TX metro area?

There are 660 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the El Paso metro area as of September 2026. 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 the El Paso, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $4.2B a year, or $13,822 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. 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 300,479 households in the El Paso metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the El Paso, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

The El Paso metro area 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 national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the El Paso metro area would have about 762, against 660 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,473 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 the El Paso, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the El Paso metro area at 881,291 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 300,479 households. The median household income in the El Paso metro area is $59,751 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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 El Paso metro area scores 46 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #218 of 387 scored metro areas.

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