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Real estate businesses in Emanuel County, GA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #588 of 2,229 scored counties
#38 of 106 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$105.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,681 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
406
4.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
81% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,147
+1.2% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Emanuel County comes to about $105.4M a year: $12,681 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 4.1 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.

Emanuel County has 6 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 7.2 for every 10,000 households, 81% 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 Emanuel County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Emanuel County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Emanuel County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #588 of 2,229 scored counties and #38 of 106 scored counties in Georgia.

How Emanuel 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 Emanuel County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureEmanuel CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.239.038.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)40692100
Households per official establishmentn/a377414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.8%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,681$15,525$16,661
Median household income$52,772$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5937

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
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 Emanuel 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 Emanuel County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,147+1.2% since 2020
Households
8,312
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
681 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$52,772+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,783
Median home value
$94,700
Jobs located here
7,501
Daytime population
21,685Residents 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 Emanuel 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
38Emanuel County, GA5967.2406+1.2%#588 of 2,229

Other business types in Emanuel County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 real estate businesses in Emanuel County. One of them (17%) 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 Emanuel County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $105.4M a year, or $12,681 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 4.1 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 8,312 households in Emanuel County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Emanuel County has 7.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 81% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 406, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Emanuel County would have about 24, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Emanuel County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Emanuel County at 23,147 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,312 households. Median household income in Emanuel County is $52,772, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. Emanuel County scores 59 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #588 of 2,229 scored counties.

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