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Real estate agents and brokers in Walker County, TX
How Walker 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,382 of 2,176 scored counties
#112 of 153 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 58
- 3 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $342.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,173 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 108
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.3
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,842
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Walker County spend about $342.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,173 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 8% 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.
Walker County has 58 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 22.3 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Walker County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 1,301 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Walker County grew 9.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, Walker County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,382 of 2,176 scored counties and #112 of 153 scored counties in Texas.
How Walker 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 | Walker County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.3 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 108 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,301 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,173 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $52,324 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 583 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The 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 Walker 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 Walker County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,842+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 26,017
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 784 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $52,324+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,597
- Median home value
- $226,900
- Jobs located here
- 29,004
- Daytime population
- 84,038Residents 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 |
| 112Walker County, TX | 44 | 58 | 22.3 | 108 | +9.5% | #1,382 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Walker 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 estate41
- Real estate agents and brokers44
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders54
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Walker County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 58 real estate agents and brokers in Walker County. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Walker County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $342.7M a year, or $13,173 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 58 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 8% 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 26,017 households in Walker County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walker County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Walker County has 22.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 108, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Walker County would have about 63, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,301 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Walker County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Walker County at 83,842 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,017 households. Median household income in Walker County is $52,324, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. Walker County scores 44 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,382 of 2,176 scored counties.
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