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Real estate businesses in Ben Hill County, GA
How Ben Hill County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $86.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,202 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 499
- 5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 85% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,099
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Ben Hill County comes to about $86.4M a year: $12,202 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 5 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.
There are 4 real estate businesses on map listings in Ben Hill County as of September 2026. That comes to 5.6 for every 10,000 households, 85% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ben Hill County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Ben Hill County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 real estate businesses on map listings, Ben Hill County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ben Hill County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Ben Hill County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 39.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 499 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 377 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,202 | $15,525 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $41,758 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 31Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Ben Hill 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 Ben Hill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,099−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,082
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 250 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $41,758+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $56,193
- Median home value
- $112,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,834
- Daytime population
- 16,434Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, GA | 80 | 12 | 10.7 | 302 | +8.8% | #23 of 2,229 |
| 2Murray County, GA | 79 | 6 | 3.9 | 828 | +4.0% | #31 of 2,229 |
| 3Banks County, GA | 79 | 5 | 7.3 | 459 | +17.3% | #36 of 2,229 |
| 4Lamar County, GA | 79 | 10 | 14.0 | 241 | +12.9% | #42 of 2,229 |
| 5Peach County, GA | 78 | 9 | 8.5 | 399 | +6.5% | #49 of 2,229 |
| 6Haralson County, GA | 78 | 13 | 11.1 | 307 | +10.0% | #55 of 2,229 |
| 7Jasper County, GA | 77 | 5 | 8.4 | 395 | +20.2% | #66 of 2,229 |
| 8Jones County, GA | 77 | 10 | 9.3 | 369 | +2.8% | #68 of 2,229 |
| 9Cook County, GA | 76 | 5 | 7.9 | 397 | +5.8% | #78 of 2,229 |
| 10Harris County, GA | 75 | 10 | 7.7 | 507 | +6.8% | #94 of 2,229 |
| Ben Hill County, GA | Not scored | 4 | 5.6 | 499 | −0.4% |
Other business types in Ben Hill 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 Ben Hill County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 real estate businesses in Ben Hill County. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ben Hill County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ben Hill County, GA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $86.4M a year, or $12,202 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 5 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,082 households in Ben Hill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ben Hill County, GA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Ben Hill County has 5.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 85% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 499, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Ben Hill County would have about 20, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Ben Hill County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Ben Hill County at 17,099 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,082 households. Median household income in Ben Hill County is $41,758, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. Ben Hill County has no market score for real estate businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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