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Real estate businesses in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #357 of 2,229 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut

Listings
490
30 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
188
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.4B
On rent and homeowner costs · $18,779 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
159
59% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.2
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
463,349
+3.2% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region comes to about $3.4B a year: $18,779 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 59% 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 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region has 490 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 30 are chain locations, or 6%, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 27.2 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts show 188 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region in 2023. That is one for every 958 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 2,151 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $632K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.

Population estimates put the population change in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is 66 (upper middle), #357 of 2,229 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region compares

The same measures for Connecticut 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 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureNaugatuck Valley Planning RegionConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.235.538.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)159129100
Households per official establishment958725414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.2%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.2%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$18,779$19,819$16,661
Median household income$86,191$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score6681

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
188
Employees, 2023
870
Annual payroll, 2023
$63M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,151Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
49030 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
781The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$632K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, 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 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

Population, 2025 estimate
463,349+3.2% since 2020
Households
180,116
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
413 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,102
Median household income
$86,191
Average household income
$114,324
Median home value
$317,700
Jobs located here
164,434
Daytime population
395,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Connecticut

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The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region marked.

Top counties in Connecticut

Counties in Connecticut ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT787719.5224+3.0%#60 of 2,229
2Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT6711423.8189+2.2%#310 of 2,229
3Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT6727623.8181+2.0%#311 of 2,229
4Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT6620828.1167+2.3%#354 of 2,229
5Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT6649027.2159+3.2%#357 of 2,229
6Capitol Planning Region, CT581,28832.9137+3.1%#685 of 2,229
7South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT5875432.7135+2.5%#686 of 2,229
8Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT5643936.7124+4.1%#794 of 2,229
9Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT431,44961.684+3.5%#1,490 of 2,229

Other business types in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 490 real estate businesses in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. 30 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 188 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 2,151 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $3.4B a year, or $18,779 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 490 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 59% 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 180,116 households in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

The Naugatuck Valley Planning Region has 27.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 159, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region would have about 781, against 490 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 958 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT growing?

Population estimates put the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region at 463,349 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 180,116 households. Median household income in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is $86,191, 7% above 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 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region scores 66 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #357 of 2,229 scored counties.

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