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Real estate businesses in Suwannee County, FL
How Suwannee County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #501 of 2,229 scored counties
#9 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 26
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $217.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,525 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 193
- 93% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.1
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,149
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 real estate businesses in Suwannee County. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.1, 58% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Suwannee County comes to about $217.9M a year: $13,525 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 93% 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.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Suwannee County in 2023. That is one for every 848 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 167 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Suwannee County grew 10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Suwannee County is 62 (upper middle), #501 of 2,229 scored counties and #9 of 64 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Suwannee County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Suwannee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.1 | 61.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 193 | 58 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 848 | 242 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,525 | $15,326 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $56,658 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 167Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 260 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 Suwannee 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 Suwannee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,149+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 16,112
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 689 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $56,658+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,048
- Median home value
- $171,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,204
- Daytime population
- 40,506Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dixie County, FL | 74 | 5 | 8.0 | 358 | +8.0% | #121 of 2,229 |
| 2Union County, FL | 72 | 5 | 11.6 | 279 | +5.2% | #160 of 2,229 |
| 3Baker County, FL | 71 | 18 | 19.6 | 180 | +5.8% | #195 of 2,229 |
| 4Gadsden County, FL | 68 | 9 | 5.3 | 554 | +2.0% | #256 of 2,229 |
| 5Bradford County, FL | 65 | 13 | 14.0 | 226 | +0.3% | #375 of 2,229 |
| 6Jackson County, FL | 63 | 21 | 12.2 | 244 | +5.4% | #441 of 2,229 |
| 7Levy County, FL | 63 | 31 | 16.7 | 186 | +12.7% | #462 of 2,229 |
| 8Washington County, FL | 62 | 12 | 12.9 | 240 | +5.4% | #490 of 2,229 |
| 9Suwannee County, FL | 62 | 26 | 16.1 | 193 | +10.6% | #501 of 2,229 |
| 10Gilchrist County, FL | 60 | 18 | 25.2 | 131 | +14.5% | #583 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Suwannee 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 Suwannee County, FL?
There are 26 real estate businesses on map listings in Suwannee County as of September 2026. 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 19 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 167 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Suwannee County, FL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $217.9M a year, or $13,525 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 26 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 93% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,112 households in Suwannee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Suwannee County, FL compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Suwannee County has 16.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 193, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Suwannee County would have about 50, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 848 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Suwannee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Suwannee County at 48,149 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,112 households. The median household income in Suwannee County is $56,658 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Suwannee County scores 62 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #501 of 2,229 scored counties.
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