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Real estate agents and brokers in Jim Wells County, TX
How Jim Wells 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #420 of 2,176 scored counties
#33 of 153 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $177.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,369 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 217
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 63% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,804
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 real estate agents and brokers in Jim Wells County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.3 per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Jim Wells County comes to about $177.5M a year: $13,369 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.2 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 3 businesses with payroll in Jim Wells County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 4,426 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Jim Wells County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate agents and brokers, Jim Wells County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #420 of 2,176 scored counties and #33 of 153 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Jim Wells 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 | Jim Wells County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 217 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 4,426 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,369 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $51,896 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $335K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- 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 Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,804−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,279
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 865 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $51,896+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,948
- Median home value
- $123,600
- Jobs located here
- 14,134
- Daytime population
- 36,305Residents 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 |
| 33Jim Wells County, TX | 63 | 15 | 11.3 | 217 | −0.2% | #420 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Jim Wells 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 estate61
- Real estate agents and brokers63
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Jim Wells County, TX?
There are 15 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Jim Wells County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Jim Wells County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $177.5M a year, or $13,369 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 15 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.2 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 13,279 households in Jim Wells County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jim Wells County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Jim Wells County has 11.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 217, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Jim Wells County would have about 33, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,426 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Jim Wells County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Jim Wells County at 38,804 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,279 households. The median household income in Jim Wells County is $51,896 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Jim Wells County scores 63 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #420 of 2,176 scored counties.
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