Real estate · Small-town market · West Virginia
Real estate agents and brokers in the Bluefield, WV-VA area
The real estate agents and brokers in the Bluefield, WV-VA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #201 of 533 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 52
- 4 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $532.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,135 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 188
- 88% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,138
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 real estate agents and brokers in the Bluefield area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 8%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.8 per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Households in the Bluefield area spend about $532.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,135 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 88% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Bluefield area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 4,502 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bluefield area declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate agents and brokers, the Bluefield area has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #201 of 533 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia.
How the Bluefield area compares
The same measures for West 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.
| Measure | Bluefield area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 12.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 188 | 199 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 4,502 | 2,640 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.7% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,135 | $13,873 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $50,550 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $372K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 524 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 98The 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 the Bluefield area, 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 the Bluefield area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,138−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 40,514
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $50,550
- Average household income
- $70,787
- Median home value
- $120,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,948
- Daytime population
- 95,290Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in West Virginia for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bluefield area marked.
Top small-town markets in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fairmont, WV | 65 | 25 | 10.7 | 244 | −1.2% | #78 of 533 |
| 2Clarksburg, WV | 62 | 46 | 13.0 | 199 | −2.4% | #108 of 533 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 61 | 43 | 11.2 | 225 | −1.3% | #117 of 533 |
| 3Elkins, WV | 59 | 12 | 11.2 | 219 | −3.6% | #142 of 533 |
| 4Bluefield, WV-VA | 54 | 52 | 12.8 | 188 | −3.8% | #201 of 533 |
Other business types in the Bluefield area
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 estate53
- Real estate agents and brokers54
- Property management56
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Bluefield, WV-VA area?
The Bluefield area has 52 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in the Bluefield, WV-VA area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $532.2M a year, or $13,135 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 52 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 88% 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 40,514 households in the Bluefield area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bluefield, WV-VA area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Bluefield area has 12.8 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 188, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Bluefield area would have about 98, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,502 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bluefield, WV-VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bluefield area at 96,138 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,514 households. The median household income in the Bluefield area is $50,550 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Bluefield area scores 54 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #201 of 533 scored small-town markets.
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