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Real estate agents and brokers in the Tyler, TX metro area

How the Tyler, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #289 of 387 scored metro areas
#25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
314
11 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
95
+28.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,154 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
74
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.8
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
252,549
+7.8% 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 the Tyler metro area comes to about $1.3B a year: $15,154 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 26% below 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.

The Tyler metro area has 314 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 37.8 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Tyler metro area in 2023, up 28.4% from 2019. That is one for every 875 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tyler metro area grew 7.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Tyler metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #289 of 387 scored metro areas and #25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the Tyler 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in Tyler, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTyler metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.829.730.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7497100
Households per official establishment875964788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+28.4%+32.0%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,154$15,682$16,661
Median household income$74,192$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4052

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
95+28.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
286
Annual payroll, 2023
$17.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
31411 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
231The 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 the Tyler 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 Tyler metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
252,549+7.8% since 2020
Households
83,134
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
922 sq. mi.
People per square mile
262
Median household income
$74,192+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,956
Median home value
$240,700
Jobs located here
111,630
Daytime population
252,433Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas 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
1Odessa, TX829114.1193+5.0%#3 of 387
2Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX6726617.8149+0.5%#51 of 387
3Midland, TX6716623.8129+9.8%#53 of 387
4Laredo, TX6615819.4132+5.2%#56 of 387
5McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX6053819.9123+5.6%#90 of 387
6Longview, TX5923822.0119+3.8%#95 of 387
7Sherman-Denison, TX5814526.2105+12.8%#108 of 387
8Victoria, TX579023.9111+1.6%#121 of 387
9Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX547,95029.999+10.3%#143 of 387
10Wichita Falls, TX5311620.4128+0.7%#150 of 387
25Tyler, TX4031437.874+7.8%#289 of 387

Other business types in the Tyler metro area

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

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Tyler, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 314 real estate agents and brokers in the Tyler metro area. 11 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 28.4% from 2019.

How much do households in the Tyler, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.3B a year, or $15,154 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 314 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 26% below 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 83,134 households in the Tyler metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Tyler, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

The Tyler metro area has 37.8 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 74, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Tyler metro area would have about 231, against 314 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 875 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Tyler, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Tyler metro area at 252,549 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,134 households. Median household income in the Tyler metro area is $74,192, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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 Tyler metro area scores 40 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #289 of 387 scored metro areas.

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