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Real estate businesses in Brooks County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Brooks County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$76.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,624 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
441
4.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
83% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,101
−1.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 real estate businesses in Brooks County. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 83% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Brooks County comes to about $76.4M a year: $12,624 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 4.4 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Brooks County in 2023. That is one for every 2,017 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Brooks County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 real estate businesses on map listings, Brooks County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Brooks 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.

Real estate in Brooks County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBrooks CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.639.038.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)44192100
Households per official establishment2,017377414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.8%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,624$15,525$16,661
Median household income$46,807$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$180K
One-person businesses, 2023
29Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Brooks 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 Brooks County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,101−1.0% since 2020
Households
6,052
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
493 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$46,807+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,156
Median home value
$139,200
Jobs located here
2,891
Daytime population
13,479Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Brooks County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, GA801210.7302+8.8%#23 of 2,229
2Murray County, GA7963.9828+4.0%#31 of 2,229
3Banks County, GA7957.3459+17.3%#36 of 2,229
4Lamar County, GA791014.0241+12.9%#42 of 2,229
5Peach County, GA7898.5399+6.5%#49 of 2,229
6Haralson County, GA781311.1307+10.0%#55 of 2,229
7Jasper County, GA7758.4395+20.2%#66 of 2,229
8Jones County, GA77109.3369+2.8%#68 of 2,229
9Cook County, GA7657.9397+5.8%#78 of 2,229
10Harris County, GA75107.7507+6.8%#94 of 2,229
Brooks County, GANot scored46.6441−1.0%

Other business types in Brooks County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Brooks County, GA?

There are 4 real estate businesses on map listings in Brooks County as of September 2026. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 29 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Brooks County, GA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $76.4M a year, or $12,624 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 4.4 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 6,052 households in Brooks County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brooks County, GA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Brooks County has 6.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 83% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 441, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Brooks County would have about 18, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,017 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Brooks County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Brooks County at 16,101 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,052 households. The median household income in Brooks County is $46,807 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.3% 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. Brooks 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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