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Real estate agents and brokers in Polk County, WI
How Polk County, WI 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,751 of 2,176 scored counties
#48 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 50
- 11 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $273.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,009 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 100
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.6
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,803
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Polk County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #1,751 of 2,176 scored counties and #48 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Polk County comes to about $273.8M a year: $14,009 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is in line with 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.
Polk County has 50 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 25.6 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Polk County classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 1,086 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Polk County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Polk County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Polk County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.6 | 21.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 100 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,086 | 1,197 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.5% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,009 | $14,211 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $77,219 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $959K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5011 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,803+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 19,542
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 914 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $77,219+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,913
- Median home value
- $271,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,552
- Daytime population
- 37,385Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Trempealeau County, WI | 72 | 7 | 5.6 | 455 | +1.1% | #141 of 2,176 |
| 2Calumet County, WI | 72 | 19 | 8.9 | 305 | +2.9% | #149 of 2,176 |
| 3Pierce County, WI | 71 | 18 | 11.3 | 242 | +3.1% | #178 of 2,176 |
| 4Lafayette County, WI | 66 | 8 | 11.8 | 213 | +5.2% | #328 of 2,176 |
| 5Oconto County, WI | 64 | 15 | 8.9 | 285 | +2.9% | #375 of 2,176 |
| 6Kewaunee County, WI | 64 | 9 | 10.8 | 241 | +1.0% | #381 of 2,176 |
| 7Chippewa County, WI | 64 | 34 | 12.5 | 201 | +1.9% | #387 of 2,176 |
| 8Clark County, WI | 63 | 16 | 12.5 | 197 | +1.2% | #427 of 2,176 |
| 9Dunn County, WI | 63 | 25 | 14.3 | 177 | +1.7% | #434 of 2,176 |
| 10Dodge County, WI | 62 | 44 | 12.3 | 206 | −0.3% | #468 of 2,176 |
| 48Polk County, WI | 37 | 50 | 25.6 | 100 | +1.7% | #1,751 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Polk 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 estate41
- Real estate agents and brokers37
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Polk County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 real estate agents and brokers in Polk County. 11 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Polk County, WI spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $273.8M a year, or $14,009 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 50 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is in line with 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 19,542 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, WI compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Polk County has 25.6 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 100, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,086 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 45,803 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,542 households. Median household income in Polk County is $77,219, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. Polk County scores 37 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,751 of 2,176 scored counties.
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How the score works · Top markets for real estate agents and brokers · All 56 business types in Polk County
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