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Real estate agents and brokers in Howard County, TX
How Howard 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #632 of 2,176 scored counties
#54 of 153 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $179.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,743 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 254
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,504
- −12.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 real estate agents and brokers in Howard County. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
At $14,743 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Howard County spend about $179.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.5 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Howard County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 1,742 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County declined 12.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Howard County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #632 of 2,176 scored counties and #54 of 153 scored counties in Texas.
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 254 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,742 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −12.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,743 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $69,649 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $503K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,504−12.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,191
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,688
- Median home value
- $155,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,735
- Daytime population
- 29,322Residents 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 |
| 54Howard County, TX | 58 | 13 | 10.7 | 254 | −12.4% | #632 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Howard 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 estate55
- Real estate agents and brokers58
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Howard County, TX?
There are 13 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Howard County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $179.7M a year, or $14,743 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 13 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.5 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,191 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Howard County has 10.7 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 254, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Howard County would have about 33, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,742 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. The median household income in Howard County is $69,649 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Howard County scores 58 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #632 of 2,176 scored counties.
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