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Real estate businesses in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #55 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
868
75 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
466
+23.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$4.7B
On rent and homeowner costs · $19,029 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
124
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
35.4
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
823,815
+5.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Stockton-Lodi metro area comes to about $4.7B a year: $19,029 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 24% 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.

The Stockton-Lodi metro area has 868 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 75 are chain locations, or 9%, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 35.4 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts show 466 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Stockton-Lodi metro area in 2023, up 23.0% from 2019. That is one for every 526 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 2,671 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $5.5M have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Stockton-Lodi metro area.

Population estimates show the Stockton-Lodi metro area grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, the Stockton-Lodi metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #55 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Stockton-Lodi metro area 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.

Real estate in Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureStockton-Lodi metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households35.449.038.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)12494100
Households per official establishment526293414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.0%+13.8%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$19,029$19,977$16,661
Median household income$92,179$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score6732

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
466+23.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,649
Annual payroll, 2023
$101.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,671Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
86875 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,077The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$5.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Stockton-Lodi metro area, 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 the Stockton-Lodi metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
823,815+5.5% since 2020
Households
245,250
Median age
35.9
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,392 sq. mi.
People per square mile
573
Median household income
$92,179+43.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,604
Median home value
$530,700
Jobs located here
284,408
Daytime population
748,070Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in California, with the Stockton-Lodi metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Merced, CA7921024.4157+5.1%#11 of 387
2Hanford-Corcoran, CA728519.3203+1.0%#30 of 387
3Yuba City, CA7117828.7143+3.3%#35 of 387
4Visalia, CA6834724.2163+2.4%#45 of 387
5Stockton-Lodi, CA6786835.4124+5.5%#55 of 387
6Bakersfield-Delano, CA6677227.1146+2.3%#57 of 387
7Fresno, CA581,24933.7120+3.2%#110 of 387
8Vallejo, CA5759938.0120+0.6%#120 of 387
9Salinas, CA5048636.7123−1.5%#179 of 387
10El Centro, CA4716332.8112+1.1%#209 of 387

Other business types in the Stockton-Lodi metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 868 real estate businesses in the Stockton-Lodi metro area. 75 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 466 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 23.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 2,671 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $4.7B a year, or $19,029 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 868 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 24% 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 245,250 households in the Stockton-Lodi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

The Stockton-Lodi metro area has 35.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 124, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Stockton-Lodi metro area would have about 1,077, against 868 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 526 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Stockton-Lodi metro area at 823,815 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 245,250 households. Median household income in the Stockton-Lodi metro area is $92,179, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.1%, 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. The Stockton-Lodi metro area scores 67 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #55 of 387 scored metro areas.

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