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Real estate businesses in Crittenden County, AR
How Crittenden County, AR 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,065 of 2,229 scored counties
#17 of 56 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 30
- 4 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $240.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,227 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 185
- 85% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.5
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,210
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 real estate businesses in Crittenden County. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.5, 57% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Households in Crittenden County spend about $240.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,227 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 85% 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.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Crittenden County in 2023. That is one for every 1,820 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 139 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crittenden County declined 3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Crittenden County is 50 (upper middle), #1,065 of 2,229 scored counties and #17 of 56 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Crittenden County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Crittenden County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.5 | 28.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 185 | 115 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,820 | 593 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,227 | $14,055 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $55,358 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 139Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 304 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The 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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,210−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,203
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 612 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $55,358+37.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,945
- Median home value
- $160,200
- Jobs located here
- 15,960
- Daytime population
- 41,943Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Crittenden County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 78 | 8 | 12.4 | 254 | +11.2% | #59 of 2,229 |
| 2Hot Spring County, AR | 70 | 5 | 4.1 | 752 | +1.1% | #198 of 2,229 |
| 3Franklin County, AR | 69 | 9 | 12.8 | 238 | +3.5% | #235 of 2,229 |
| 4Grant County, AR | 69 | 11 | 15.8 | 214 | +4.1% | #239 of 2,229 |
| 5Logan County, AR | 68 | 10 | 11.7 | 271 | +2.5% | #267 of 2,229 |
| 6Crawford County, AR | 68 | 29 | 12.4 | 259 | +4.1% | #269 of 2,229 |
| 7Conway County, AR | 64 | 9 | 10.9 | 277 | +3.2% | #396 of 2,229 |
| 8Randolph County, AR | 60 | 6 | 8.2 | 364 | +1.5% | #557 of 2,229 |
| 9Mississippi County, AR | 59 | 19 | 12.3 | 252 | −6.7% | #602 of 2,229 |
| 10Independence County, AR | 58 | 25 | 17.1 | 183 | +2.2% | #665 of 2,229 |
| 17Crittenden County, AR | 50 | 30 | 16.5 | 185 | −3.9% | #1,065 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County, AR?
Crittenden County has 30 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (13%) 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 139 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Crittenden County, AR spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $240.8M a year, or $13,227 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 30 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 85% 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 18,203 households in Crittenden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crittenden County, AR compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Crittenden County has 16.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 185, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Crittenden County would have about 56, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,820 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Crittenden County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Crittenden County at 46,210 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,203 households. The median household income in Crittenden County is $55,358 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.8% 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. Crittenden County scores 50 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #1,065 of 2,229 scored counties.
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