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Real estate businesses in Custer County, CO
How Custer County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,276 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 71
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 56.1
- 46% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,590
- +18.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 real estate businesses in Custer County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 56.1, 46% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Households in Custer County spend about $46.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,276 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 29% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Custer County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 297 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 57 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Custer County grew 18.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Custer County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Custer County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 56.1 | 57.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 71 | 79 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 297 | 200 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.1% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +18.3% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,276 | $19,501 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $72,674 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $517K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 57Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,590+18.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,672
- Median age
- 55.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 739 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $72,674
- Average household income
- $95,408
- Median home value
- $392,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,060
- Daytime population
- 4,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 71 | 20 | 20.0 | 254 | +16.5% | #188 of 2,229 |
| 2Morgan County, CO | 63 | 28 | 25.3 | 150 | +4.2% | #471 of 2,229 |
| 3Park County, CO | 62 | 20 | 22.3 | 202 | +5.1% | #499 of 2,229 |
| 4Weld County, CO | 62 | 329 | 26.5 | 166 | +14.2% | #508 of 2,229 |
| 5Adams County, CO | 53 | 641 | 34.0 | 130 | +6.6% | #941 of 2,229 |
| 6Logan County, CO | 52 | 17 | 20.7 | 172 | −2.7% | #977 of 2,229 |
| 7Broomfield County, CO | 51 | 124 | 39.0 | 129 | +6.3% | #1,045 of 2,229 |
| 8Otero County, CO | 49 | 14 | 18.5 | 189 | −5.2% | #1,121 of 2,229 |
| 9Pueblo County, CO | 47 | 200 | 29.2 | 130 | +0.6% | #1,231 of 2,229 |
| 10Prowers County, CO | 46 | 16 | 33.8 | 105 | −1.1% | #1,312 of 2,229 |
| Custer County, CO | Not scored | 15 | 56.1 | 71 | +18.3% |
Other business types in Custer County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Custer County, CO?
There are 15 real estate businesses on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. 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. Official counts list 57 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Custer County, CO spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $46.2M a year, or $17,276 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 15 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 29% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,672 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, CO compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Custer County has 56.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 71, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Custer County would have about 11, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 297 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Custer County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 5,590 people in 2025, up 18.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,672 households. The median household income in Custer County is $72,674 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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