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Real estate businesses in La Paz County, AZ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in La Paz County, AZ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #772 of 2,229 scored counties
#4 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $134.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,049 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 173
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,711
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 real estate businesses in La Paz County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That is 20.1 per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Households in La Paz County spend about $134.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $15,049 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 73% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in La Paz County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 896 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 50 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $90K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in La Paz County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of La Paz County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, La Paz County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #772 of 2,229 scored counties and #4 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How La Paz County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | La Paz County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.1 | 47.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 173 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 896 | 290 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.1% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,049 | $18,061 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $49,478 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 50Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $90K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in La Paz 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 La Paz County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,711+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,959
- Median age
- 54.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $49,478+42.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,972
- Median home value
- $135,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,060
- Daytime population
- 16,016Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Arizona, with La Paz County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 78 | 257 | 15.9 | 257 | +25.4% | #58 of 2,229 |
| 2Apache County, AZ | 71 | 19 | 9.0 | 365 | −2.2% | #175 of 2,229 |
| 3Graham County, AZ | 67 | 27 | 21.2 | 178 | +4.0% | #313 of 2,229 |
| 4La Paz County, AZ | 56 | 18 | 20.1 | 173 | +0.9% | #772 of 2,229 |
| 5Santa Cruz County, AZ | 55 | 43 | 25.3 | 140 | +4.8% | #836 of 2,229 |
| 6Yuma County, AZ | 53 | 255 | 32.1 | 115 | +9.2% | #945 of 2,229 |
| 7Navajo County, AZ | 47 | 101 | 25.2 | 139 | +3.0% | #1,227 of 2,229 |
| 8Cochise County, AZ | 46 | 137 | 26.9 | 136 | +0.6% | #1,284 of 2,229 |
| 9Mohave County, AZ | 42 | 424 | 41.6 | 88 | +6.5% | #1,540 of 2,229 |
| 10Pima County, AZ | 41 | 1,666 | 38.1 | 104 | +2.8% | #1,574 of 2,229 |
Other business types in La Paz 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 La Paz County, AZ?
There are 18 real estate businesses on map listings in La Paz County as of September 2026. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 50 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in La Paz County, AZ spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $134.8M a year, or $15,049 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 18 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 73% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,959 households in La Paz County and national spending patterns by income.
How does La Paz County, AZ compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
La Paz County has 20.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 173, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, La Paz County would have about 31, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 896 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is La Paz County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put La Paz County at 16,711 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,959 households. The median household income in La Paz County is $49,478 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.8% 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. La Paz County scores 56 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #772 of 2,229 scored counties.
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