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Real estate agents and brokers in Roanoke County, VA

How Roanoke County, VA 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,028 of 2,176 scored counties
#84 of 97 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
145
7 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
57
+26.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$625.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,750 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
79
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
36.5
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
97,150
+0.2% 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, Roanoke County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #2,028 of 2,176 scored counties and #84 of 97 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Roanoke County comes to about $625.7M a year: $15,750 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 21% 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.

Roanoke County has 145 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 36.5, 19% 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 Roanoke County was 57 in 2023, up 26.7% from 2019. That is one for every 697 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Roanoke County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Roanoke County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Roanoke County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRoanoke CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households36.533.530.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7992100
Households per official establishment697791788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+26.7%+21.7%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,750$16,844$16,661
Median household income$83,709$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score3039

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
45 → 57+26.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
133
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1457 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
115The 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 Roanoke 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 Roanoke County

Population, 2025 estimate
97,150+0.2% since 2020
Households
39,725
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
251 sq. mi.
People per square mile
387
Median household income
$83,709+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,750
Median home value
$286,000
Jobs located here
38,065
Daytime population
88,794Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate agents and brokers across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Roanoke County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Caroline County, VA881210.0291+11.3%#3 of 2,176
2King William County, VA8656.8423+9.5%#4 of 2,176
3Frederick County, VA79195.4578+8.8%#30 of 2,176
4Rockingham County, VA79185.5514+6.6%#32 of 2,176
5Prince George County, VA7986.2468+2.0%#33 of 2,176
6New Kent County, VA741516.2203+21.2%#112 of 2,176
7Culpeper County, VA704121.7142+9.3%#225 of 2,176
8Pulaski County, VA69117.6338−0.6%#234 of 2,176
9Fluvanna County, VA691110.6284+6.2%#238 of 2,176
10Amherst County, VA69129.5278+2.1%#240 of 2,176
84Roanoke County, VA3014536.579+0.2%#2,028 of 2,176

Other business types in Roanoke 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 Roanoke County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 145 real estate agents and brokers in Roanoke County. 7 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 26.7% from 2019.

How much do households in Roanoke County, VA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $625.7M a year, or $15,750 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 145 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 21% 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 39,725 households in Roanoke County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Roanoke County has 36.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 79, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Roanoke County would have about 115, against 145 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 697 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Roanoke County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Roanoke County at 97,150 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,725 households. Median household income in Roanoke County is $83,709, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.4%, 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. Roanoke County scores 30 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #2,028 of 2,176 scored counties.

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