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Real estate agents and brokers in the Midland, TX metro area
The real estate agents and brokers in the Midland, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #53 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 166
- 9 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 65
- +12.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,779 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 129
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.8
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 193,139
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 166 real estate agents and brokers in the Midland metro area. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.8, 22% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Midland metro area comes to about $1.2B a year: $16,779 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 29% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 65 businesses with payroll in the Midland metro area classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers, up 12.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,071 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $431K has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Midland metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Midland metro area grew 9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, the Midland metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #53 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Midland 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.
| Measure | Midland metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.8 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 129 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,071 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.1% | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,779 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $92,952 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65+12.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 147
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1669 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 214The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $431K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Midland 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 Midland metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 193,139+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 69,624
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,815 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $92,952+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $129,045
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 119,441
- Daytime population
- 214,353Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Midland metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Odessa, TX | 82 | 91 | 14.1 | 193 | +5.0% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 67 | 266 | 17.8 | 149 | +0.5% | #51 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 67 | 166 | 23.8 | 129 | +9.8% | #53 of 387 |
| 4Laredo, TX | 66 | 158 | 19.4 | 132 | +5.2% | #56 of 387 |
| 5McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 60 | 538 | 19.9 | 123 | +5.6% | #90 of 387 |
| 6Longview, TX | 59 | 238 | 22.0 | 119 | +3.8% | #95 of 387 |
| 7Sherman-Denison, TX | 58 | 145 | 26.2 | 105 | +12.8% | #108 of 387 |
| 8Victoria, TX | 57 | 90 | 23.9 | 111 | +1.6% | #121 of 387 |
| 9Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 54 | 7,950 | 29.9 | 99 | +10.3% | #143 of 387 |
| 10Wichita Falls, TX | 53 | 116 | 20.4 | 128 | +0.7% | #150 of 387 |
Other business types in the Midland metro area
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 estate65
- Real estate agents and brokers67
- Property management68
- Mortgage brokers and lenders77
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Midland, TX metro area?
There are 166 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Midland metro area as of September 2026. 9 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Midland, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $16,779 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 166 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 29% 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 69,624 households in the Midland metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Midland, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Midland metro area has 23.8 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 129, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Midland metro area would have about 214, against 166 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,071 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Midland, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Midland metro area at 193,139 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,624 households. The median household income in the Midland metro area is $92,952 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.5% 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. The Midland metro area scores 67 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #53 of 387 scored metro areas.
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