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Real estate businesses in Rio Blanco County, CO

The real estate businesses in Rio Blanco County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$45.8M
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,324 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
117
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
32.1
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,683
+2.5% 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 Rio Blanco County comes to about $45.8M a year: $16,324 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 17% 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.

Rio Blanco County has 9 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 32.1 for every 10,000 households, 17% below 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 Rio Blanco County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 701 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rio Blanco County grew 2.5%, slower 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 Rio Blanco 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.

Real estate in Rio Blanco County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureRio Blanco CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households32.157.038.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)11779100
Households per official establishment701200414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.1%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,324$19,501$16,661
Median household income$65,473$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored33

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$310K
One-person businesses, 2023
24Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
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 Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,683+2.5% since 2020
Households
2,805
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
3,221 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$65,473
Average household income
$78,579
Median home value
$274,400
Jobs located here
2,839
Daytime population
6,499Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Rio Blanco County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO712020.0254+16.5%#188 of 2,229
2Morgan County, CO632825.3150+4.2%#471 of 2,229
3Park County, CO622022.3202+5.1%#499 of 2,229
4Weld County, CO6232926.5166+14.2%#508 of 2,229
5Adams County, CO5364134.0130+6.6%#941 of 2,229
6Logan County, CO521720.7172−2.7%#977 of 2,229
7Broomfield County, CO5112439.0129+6.3%#1,045 of 2,229
8Otero County, CO491418.5189−5.2%#1,121 of 2,229
9Pueblo County, CO4720029.2130+0.6%#1,231 of 2,229
10Prowers County, CO461633.8105−1.1%#1,312 of 2,229
Rio Blanco County, CONot scored932.1117+2.5%

Other business types in Rio Blanco County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Rio Blanco County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 real estate businesses in Rio Blanco 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 4 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Rio Blanco County, CO spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $45.8M a year, or $16,324 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 9 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 17% 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 2,805 households in Rio Blanco County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Rio Blanco County, CO compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Rio Blanco County has 32.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 117, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Rio Blanco County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 701 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Rio Blanco County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Rio Blanco County at 6,683 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,805 households. Median household income in Rio Blanco County is $65,473, 19% 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.

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