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Real estate businesses in Sutter County, CA
How Sutter County, CA 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,846 of 2,229 scored counties
#36 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 146
- 8 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 67
- +13.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $600.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,050 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 95
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.9
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,787
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Sutter County is 36 (lower middle), #1,846 of 2,229 scored counties and #36 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Sutter County spend about $600.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $18,050 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 5% below 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.
Sutter County has 146 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.9, 14% above 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 Sutter County was 67 in 2023, up 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 497 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $674K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Sutter County. Population estimates put the population change in Sutter County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Sutter 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 | Sutter County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.9 | 49.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 95 | 94 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 497 | 293 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.6% | +13.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,050 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $79,704 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59 → 67+13.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 302
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 380Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1468 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 139The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $674K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Sutter 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 Sutter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,787−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 33,292
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 603 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $79,704+35.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,245
- Median home value
- $433,500
- Jobs located here
- 30,624
- Daytime population
- 86,871Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in California for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in California, with Sutter County marked.
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 |
| 36Sutter County, CA | 36 | 146 | 43.9 | 95 | −0.7% | #1,846 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Sutter 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 Sutter County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 146 real estate businesses in Sutter County. 8 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 67 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 13.6% from 2019. Another 380 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sutter County, CA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $600.9M a year, or $18,050 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 146 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 5% below 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 33,292 households in Sutter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sutter County, CA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Sutter County has 43.9 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 95, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Sutter County would have about 139, against 146 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 497 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Sutter County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Sutter County at 98,787 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,292 households. Median household income in Sutter County is $79,704, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.0%, 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. Sutter County scores 36 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,846 of 2,229 scored counties.
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