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Real estate businesses in Colusa County, CA
The real estate businesses in Colusa County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #292 of 2,229 scored counties
#3 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $130.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,370 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 301
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,836
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Colusa County spend about $130.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,370 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 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 10 real estate businesses on map listings in Colusa County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 13.3 per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Colusa County in 2023. That is one for every 835 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 48 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Colusa County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Colusa County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #292 of 2,229 scored counties and #3 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Colusa County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Colusa County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 49.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 301 | 94 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 835 | 293 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,370 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $75,672 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 48Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Colusa 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 Colusa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,836−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,512
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,151 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $75,672+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,368
- Median home value
- $393,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,154
- Daytime population
- 21,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 85 | 32 | 11.2 | 359 | +8.2% | #7 of 2,229 |
| 2Inyo County, CA | 72 | 12 | 14.9 | 270 | −4.4% | #162 of 2,229 |
| 3Colusa County, CA | 67 | 10 | 13.3 | 301 | −0.1% | #292 of 2,229 |
| 4Merced County, CA | 64 | 210 | 24.4 | 157 | +5.1% | #424 of 2,229 |
| 5Trinity County, CA | 63 | 10 | 17.9 | 203 | −2.3% | #455 of 2,229 |
| 6Kings County, CA | 61 | 85 | 19.3 | 203 | +1.0% | #540 of 2,229 |
| 7Glenn County, CA | 59 | 17 | 17.3 | 219 | −2.6% | #610 of 2,229 |
| 8Tulare County, CA | 56 | 347 | 24.2 | 163 | +2.4% | #775 of 2,229 |
| 9Madera County, CA | 56 | 132 | 29.1 | 140 | +7.4% | #787 of 2,229 |
| 10San Joaquin County, CA | 54 | 868 | 35.4 | 124 | +5.5% | #882 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Colusa 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 Colusa County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 real estate businesses in Colusa County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 48 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Colusa County, CA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $130.5M a year, or $17,370 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 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 7,512 households in Colusa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Colusa County, CA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Colusa County has 13.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 301, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Colusa County would have about 30, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 835 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Colusa County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Colusa County at 21,836 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,512 households. Median household income in Colusa County is $75,672, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Colusa County scores 67 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #292 of 2,229 scored counties.
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