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Real estate businesses in Dallas County, AL
How Dallas County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #961 of 2,229 scored counties
#26 of 51 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 19
- 4 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $187.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $11,740 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 227
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,140
- −7.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Dallas County comes to about $187.2M a year: $11,740 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.3 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
There are 19 real estate businesses on map listings in Dallas County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.9, 69% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Dallas County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 5,316 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 68 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dallas County declined 7.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Dallas County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #961 of 2,229 scored counties and #26 of 51 scored counties in Alabama.
How Dallas County compares
The same measures for Alabama 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 | Dallas County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 33.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 227 | 99 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 5,316 | 668 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $11,740 | $14,375 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $35,627 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $336K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 68Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Dallas 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 Dallas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,140−7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 15,947
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 979 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $35,627+5.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,885
- Median home value
- $94,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,268
- Daytime population
- 34,961Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Dallas County marked.
Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lawrence County, AL | 79 | 6 | 4.4 | 738 | +2.3% | #32 of 2,229 |
| 2Henry County, AL | 76 | 7 | 9.9 | 321 | +7.1% | #85 of 2,229 |
| 3Blount County, AL | 74 | 27 | 12.2 | 267 | +1.8% | #127 of 2,229 |
| 4Cleburne County, AL | 71 | 6 | 10.0 | 306 | +6.0% | #183 of 2,229 |
| 5St. Clair County, AL | 71 | 69 | 19.7 | 174 | +7.1% | #196 of 2,229 |
| 6Jackson County, AL | 69 | 27 | 12.4 | 248 | +3.3% | #231 of 2,229 |
| 7Dale County, AL | 68 | 18 | 9.1 | 338 | +1.3% | #263 of 2,229 |
| 8Talladega County, AL | 68 | 33 | 9.8 | 315 | +0.3% | #264 of 2,229 |
| 9Chilton County, AL | 68 | 27 | 15.1 | 213 | +5.9% | #277 of 2,229 |
| 10Limestone County, AL | 66 | 87 | 21.2 | 172 | +18.0% | #352 of 2,229 |
| 26Dallas County, AL | 52 | 19 | 11.9 | 227 | −7.9% | #961 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Dallas 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
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in Dallas County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 real estate businesses in Dallas County. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 68 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dallas County, AL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $187.2M a year, or $11,740 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 19 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.3 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 businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,947 households in Dallas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dallas County, AL compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Dallas County has 11.9 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 227, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Dallas County would have about 43, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,316 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Dallas County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Dallas County at 35,140 people in 2025, down 7.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,947 households. Median household income in Dallas County is $35,627, 56% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.3%, 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. Dallas County scores 52 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #961 of 2,229 scored counties.
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