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Real estate businesses in St. Clair County, AL
How St. Clair 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #196 of 2,229 scored counties
#5 of 51 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 69
- 10 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- +9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $520.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,817 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 174
- 74% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.7
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,206
- +7.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in St. Clair County is 71 (upper middle), #196 of 2,229 scored counties and #5 of 51 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in St. Clair County comes to about $520.2M a year: $14,817 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 74% above 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 69 real estate businesses on map listings in St. Clair County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.7, 49% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in St. Clair County was 23 in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,526 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Clair County grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How St. Clair 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 | St. Clair County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.7 | 33.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 174 | 99 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,526 | 668 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.5% | +24.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,817 | $14,375 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $77,463 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 23+9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 333Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6910 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 120The 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 St. Clair 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 St. Clair County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,206+7.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,107
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $77,463+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,073
- Median home value
- $226,300
- Jobs located here
- 22,156
- Daytime population
- 72,944Residents 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 St. Clair 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 |
Other business types in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 69 real estate businesses in St. Clair County. 10 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. Another 333 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in St. Clair County, AL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $520.2M a year, or $14,817 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 69 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 74% 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 businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,107 households in St. Clair County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Clair County, AL compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
St. Clair County has 19.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 174, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, St. Clair County would have about 120, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,526 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Clair County, AL growing?
Population estimates put St. Clair County at 98,206 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,107 households. Median household income in St. Clair County is $77,463, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.9%, 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. St. Clair County scores 71 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #196 of 2,229 scored counties.
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