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Real estate businesses in Trinity County, CA
The real estate businesses in Trinity County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #455 of 2,229 scored counties
#5 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $87.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,738 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 203
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.9
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,720
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Trinity County comes to about $87.9M a year: $15,738 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is twice 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.
Trinity County has 10 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 17.9 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Trinity County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,862 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Trinity County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, Trinity County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #455 of 2,229 scored counties and #5 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Trinity 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 | Trinity County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.9 | 49.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 203 | 94 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,862 | 293 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,738 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $53,002 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $211K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Trinity 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 Trinity County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,720−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,585
- Median age
- 51.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,179 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $53,002+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,682
- Median home value
- $325,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,503
- Daytime population
- 15,056Residents 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 Trinity 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 Trinity County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 real estate businesses in Trinity 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Trinity County, CA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $87.9M a year, or $15,738 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is twice 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 5,585 households in Trinity County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Trinity County, CA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Trinity County has 17.9 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 203, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Trinity County would have about 20, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,862 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Trinity County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Trinity County at 15,720 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,585 households. Median household income in Trinity County is $53,002, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Trinity County scores 63 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #455 of 2,229 scored counties.
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