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Real estate businesses in Pickens County, AL
How Pickens County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $87.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,958 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 2,023
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 18,221
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 real estate business in Pickens County. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.
Households in Pickens County spend about $87.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $12,958 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Pickens County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Pickens County declined 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 real estate business on map listings, Pickens County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Pickens 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 | Pickens County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 33.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 2,023 | 99 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 668 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,958 | $14,375 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $46,274 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Pickens 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 Pickens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,221−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,764
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 881 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $46,274+16.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,757
- Median home value
- $123,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,396
- Daytime population
- 14,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Pickens County, AL | Not scored | 1 | 1.5 | 2,023 | −3.9% |
Other business types in Pickens 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 Pickens County, AL?
There is 1 real estate business on map listings in Pickens County as of September 2026. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Pickens County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pickens County, AL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $87.6M a year, or $12,958 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,764 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pickens County, AL compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Pickens County has 1 real estate business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Pickens County would have about 20, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Pickens County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Pickens County at 18,221 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,764 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $46,274 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.1% 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. Pickens County has no market score for real estate businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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