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Real estate agents and brokers in Wharton County, TX
How Wharton 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #885 of 2,176 scored counties
#74 of 153 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 27
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $233.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,716 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 159
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,060
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 real estate agents and brokers in Wharton County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 17.0 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Wharton County comes to about $233.8M a year: $14,716 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 59% 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 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Wharton County in 2023. That is one for every 1,324 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Wharton County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, Wharton County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #885 of 2,176 scored counties and #74 of 153 scored counties in Texas.
How Wharton 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 | Wharton County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 159 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,324 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,716 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,924 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $501K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 271 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Wharton 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 Wharton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,060+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,890
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,086 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $66,924+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,050
- Median home value
- $189,900
- Jobs located here
- 15,145
- Daytime population
- 34,718Residents 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 |
| 74Wharton County, TX | 53 | 27 | 17.0 | 159 | +1.2% | #885 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Wharton 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 estate51
- Real estate agents and brokers53
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Wharton County, TX?
Wharton County has 27 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Wharton County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $233.8M a year, or $14,716 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 27 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 59% 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 15,890 households in Wharton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wharton County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Wharton County has 17.0 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 159, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Wharton County would have about 43, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,324 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Wharton County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Wharton County at 42,060 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,890 households. The median household income in Wharton County is $66,924 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.5% 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. Wharton County scores 53 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #885 of 2,176 scored counties.
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