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Real estate agents and brokers in Hockley County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Hockley County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #321 of 2,176 scored counties
#27 of 153 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $113.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,337 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 260
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,600
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hockley County spend about $113.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,337 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.6 times 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.
Hockley County has 8 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 10.1 for every 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Hockley County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 1,979 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Hockley County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hockley County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #321 of 2,176 scored counties and #27 of 153 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hockley 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 | Hockley County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 260 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,979 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,337 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $63,140 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $366K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Hockley 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 Hockley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,600+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,915
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 908 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $63,140+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,577
- Median home value
- $127,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,801
- Daytime population
- 19,779Residents 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 |
| 27Hockley County, TX | 66 | 8 | 10.1 | 260 | +0.5% | #321 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Hockley 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 estate68
- Real estate agents and brokers66
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Hockley County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 real estate agents and brokers in Hockley County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Hockley County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $113.5M a year, or $14,337 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.6 times 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 7,915 households in Hockley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hockley County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Hockley County has 10.1 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 260, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Hockley County would have about 21, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,979 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Hockley County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hockley County at 21,600 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,915 households. Median household income in Hockley County is $63,140, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Hockley County scores 66 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #321 of 2,176 scored counties.
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