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Real estate agents and brokers in Orleans County, VT
How Orleans County, VT 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #148 of 2,176 scored counties
#2 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $205.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,009 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 314
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 68% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,600
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Orleans County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #148 of 2,176 scored counties and #2 of 12 scored counties in Vermont. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate agents and brokers.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 real estate agents and brokers in Orleans County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 9.9 per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Orleans County comes to about $205.3M a year: $17,009 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3.1 times 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Orleans County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 1,725 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates show Orleans County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Orleans County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Orleans County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 20.0 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 314 | 166 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,725 | 1,125 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.5% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,009 | $18,181 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $70,103 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,600+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 12,072
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $70,103+42.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,678
- Median home value
- $223,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,647
- Daytime population
- 26,070Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orange County, VT | 84 | 7 | 5.5 | 600 | +2.4% | #9 of 2,176 |
| 2Orleans County, VT | 72 | 12 | 9.9 | 314 | +0.7% | #148 of 2,176 |
| 3Franklin County, VT | 65 | 33 | 16.5 | 197 | +2.3% | #358 of 2,176 |
| 4Addison County, VT | 64 | 26 | 17.4 | 196 | +1.8% | #388 of 2,176 |
| 5Caledonia County, VT | 64 | 22 | 16.8 | 186 | +0.8% | #392 of 2,176 |
| 6Washington County, VT | 62 | 50 | 19.3 | 173 | −0.2% | #481 of 2,176 |
| 7Windham County, VT | 60 | 28 | 14.2 | 227 | −1.4% | #549 of 2,176 |
| 8Rutland County, VT | 54 | 54 | 21.3 | 146 | −1.4% | #833 of 2,176 |
| 9Windsor County, VT | 50 | 54 | 21.3 | 157 | −0.7% | #1,041 of 2,176 |
| 10Chittenden County, VT | 49 | 189 | 26.4 | 135 | +0.4% | #1,101 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Orleans 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 estate71
- Real estate agents and brokers72
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Orleans County, VT?
There are 12 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Orleans County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Orleans County, VT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $205.3M a year, or $17,009 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.1 times 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 12,072 households in Orleans County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans County, VT compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Orleans County has 9.9 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 314, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Orleans County would have about 38, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,725 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Orleans County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Orleans County at 27,600 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,072 households. The median household income in Orleans County is $70,103 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.6% 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. Orleans County scores 72 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #148 of 2,176 scored counties.
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