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Real estate agents and brokers in Iron County, UT

How Iron County, UT 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,721 of 2,176 scored counties
#18 of 19 scored counties in Utah

Listings
106
2 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
67
+36.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$339.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,843 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
59
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
52.6
72% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
67,141
+16.4% 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

For real estate agents and brokers, Iron County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,721 of 2,176 scored counties and #18 of 19 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Iron County comes to about $339.5M a year: $16,843 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 41% 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.

Iron County has 106 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 52.6, 72% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Iron County was 67 in 2023, up 36.7% from 2019. That is one for every 301 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates show Iron County grew 16.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Iron County compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Iron County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureIron CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households52.635.330.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)59100100
Households per official establishment301355788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+36.7%+10.9%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.4%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,843$19,198$16,661
Median household income$66,247$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score3850

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
49 → 67+36.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
81
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1062 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
62The 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 Iron 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 Iron County

Population, 2025 estimate
67,141+16.4% since 2020
Households
20,157
Median age
31.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
3,296 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$66,247+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,495
Median home value
$379,000
Jobs located here
23,946
Daytime population
58,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Millard County, UT82613.8222+7.7%#16 of 2,176
2Sanpete County, UT741112.4248+10.3%#109 of 2,176
3Juab County, UT70718.1190+14.8%#218 of 2,176
4Duchesne County, UT651116.0202+6.3%#356 of 2,176
5Tooele County, UT654719.6183+19.2%#363 of 2,176
6Box Elder County, UT643417.4188+12.7%#391 of 2,176
7Morgan County, UT63821.1189+8.1%#432 of 2,176
8Utah County, UT5261830.4119+14.5%#957 of 2,176
9Weber County, UT5124325.8132+5.8%#1,001 of 2,176
10Carbon County, UT501518.5155+1.0%#1,043 of 2,176
18Iron County, UT3810652.659+16.4%#1,721 of 2,176

Other business types in Iron 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 Iron County, UT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 106 real estate agents and brokers in Iron County. 2 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 67 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 36.7% from 2019.

How much do households in Iron County, UT spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $339.5M a year, or $16,843 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 106 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 41% 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 20,157 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Iron County has 52.6 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 59, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Iron County would have about 62, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 301 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 36.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Iron County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Iron County at 67,141 people in 2025, up 16.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,157 households. Median household income in Iron County is $66,247, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Iron County scores 38 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,721 of 2,176 scored counties.

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