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Real estate agents and brokers in Matagorda County, TX

How Matagorda 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #955 of 2,176 scored counties
#81 of 153 scored counties in Texas

Listings
31
2 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$214.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,890 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
127
27% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.1
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,463
+0.5% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Matagorda County comes to about $214.4M a year: $13,890 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 27% 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.

Matagorda County has 31 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 6%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 20.1 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Matagorda County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 3,088 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Matagorda County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Matagorda County is 52 (upper middle), #955 of 2,176 scored counties and #81 of 153 scored counties in Texas.

How Matagorda 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in Matagorda County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMatagorda CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.129.730.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)12797100
Households per official establishment3,088964788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.0%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,890$15,682$16,661
Median household income$58,628$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5252

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$491K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
312 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The 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 Matagorda 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 Matagorda County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,463+0.5% since 2020
Households
15,439
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,093 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$58,628+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,037
Median home value
$172,900
Jobs located here
10,447
Daytime population
29,261Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Texas

Counties 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
1Liberty County, TX853812.2221+31.3%#7 of 2,176
2Chambers County, TX832413.9228+22.6%#14 of 2,176
3Rusk County, TX82126.7399+5.0%#15 of 2,176
4San Jacinto County, TX77109.2281+7.1%#61 of 2,176
5Orange County, TX763811.7235+1.8%#74 of 2,176
6Ector County, TX769114.1193+5.0%#75 of 2,176
7Atascosa County, TX752213.1201+8.7%#89 of 2,176
8Caldwell County, TX752414.4186+20.0%#91 of 2,176
9Kaufman County, TX758316.3180+42.2%#92 of 2,176
10Falls County, TX7457.9318+5.5%#98 of 2,176
81Matagorda County, TX523120.1127+0.5%#955 of 2,176

Other business types in Matagorda County

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

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in Matagorda County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 real estate agents and brokers in Matagorda County. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.

How much do households in Matagorda County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $214.4M a year, or $13,890 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 31 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 27% 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 15,439 households in Matagorda County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Matagorda County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

Matagorda County has 20.1 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 127, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Matagorda County would have about 39, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,088 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

How fast is Matagorda County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Matagorda County at 36,463 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,439 households. Median household income in Matagorda County is $58,628, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Matagorda County scores 52 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #955 of 2,176 scored counties.

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