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Real estate agents and brokers in Polk County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Polk County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #623 of 2,176 scored counties
#53 of 153 scored counties in Texas

Listings
44
5 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$272.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,961 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
114
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.5
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,434
+5.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 44 real estate agents and brokers in Polk County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.5, 26% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Polk County comes to about $272.5M a year: $13,961 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 14% 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.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Polk County in 2023. That is one for every 3,253 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Polk County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, Polk County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #623 of 2,176 scored counties and #53 of 153 scored counties in Texas.

How Polk 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 Polk County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasurePolk CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.529.730.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)11497100
Households per official establishment3,253964788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.0%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,961$15,682$16,661
Median household income$62,259$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5952

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$273K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
445 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
50The 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 Polk 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 Polk County

Population, 2025 estimate
53,434+5.9% since 2020
Households
19,517
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,057 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$62,259+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,481
Median home value
$184,800
Jobs located here
11,638
Daytime population
47,308Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate agents and brokers across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Texas, with Polk County marked.

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
53Polk County, TX594422.5114+5.9%#623 of 2,176

Other business types in Polk 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 Polk County, TX?

Polk County has 44 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.

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

About $272.5M a year, or $13,961 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 44 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 14% 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 19,517 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Polk County has 22.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 114, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Polk County would have about 50, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,253 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

How fast is Polk County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Polk County at 53,434 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,517 households. The median household income in Polk County is $62,259 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Polk County scores 59 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #623 of 2,176 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for real estate agents and brokers · All 56 business types in Polk County

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