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Real estate businesses in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The real estate businesses in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #60 of 2,229 scored counties
#1 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut

Listings
77
6 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
27
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$747.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $18,957 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
224
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.5
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
98,096
+3.0% 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

The Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #60 of 2,229 scored counties and #1 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 77 real estate businesses in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.5, 49% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

At $18,957 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region spend about $747.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.2 times 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.

Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region in 2023. That is one for every 1,460 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $372K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. Population estimates put the population change in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Northeastern Connecticut 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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureNortheastern Connecticut Planning RegionConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.535.538.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)224129100
Households per official establishment1,460725414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.2%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$18,957$19,819$16,661
Median household income$90,589$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score7881

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27
Employees, 2023
99
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
410Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
776 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
173The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$372K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
98,096+3.0% since 2020
Households
39,412
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
174
Median household income
$90,589
Average household income
$113,121
Median home value
$307,600
Jobs located here
28,462
Daytime population
79,653Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Northeastern Connecticut 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 Northeastern Connecticut 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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT?

There are 77 real estate businesses on map listings in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region as of September 2026. 6 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 410 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $747.1M a year, or $18,957 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 77 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.2 times 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 39,412 households in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 19.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 224, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region would have about 173, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,460 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT growing?

Population estimates put the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region at 98,096 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,412 households. The median household income in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region is $90,589 a year, 12% 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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region scores 78 for real estate businesses (high), #60 of 2,229 scored counties.

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