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Real estate businesses in Dade County, GA
How Dade County, GA 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,031 of 2,229 scored counties
#51 of 106 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $87.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,359 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 183
- 83% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.1
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,154
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 real estate businesses in Dade County. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That is 18.1 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $14,359 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Dade County spend about $87.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 83% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Dade County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $606K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Dade County.
Population estimates show Dade County declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Dade County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #1,031 of 2,229 scored counties and #51 of 106 scored counties in Georgia.
How Dade 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 | Dade County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.1 | 39.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 183 | 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 | −0.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,359 | $15,525 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,568 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 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
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $606K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Dade 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 Dade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,154−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,083
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 174 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $64,568+51.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,051
- Median home value
- $198,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,274
- Daytime population
- 14,311Residents 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 |
| 51Dade County, GA | 51 | 11 | 18.1 | 183 | −0.5% | #1,031 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Dade 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 Dade County, GA?
Dade County has 11 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. 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 Dade County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dade County, GA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $87.3M a year, or $14,359 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 11 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 83% 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 6,083 households in Dade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dade County, GA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Dade County has 18.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 183, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Dade County would have about 20, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Dade County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dade County at 16,154 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,083 households. The median household income in Dade County is $64,568 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 51.6% 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. Dade County scores 51 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #1,031 of 2,229 scored counties.
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