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Real estate businesses in Minidoka County, ID

How Minidoka County, ID 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 80 out of 100: High

Ranked #22 of 2,229 scored counties
#2 of 29 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$133.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,488 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
309
3.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.3
68% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,911
+5.7% 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

For real estate businesses, Minidoka County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #22 of 2,229 scored counties and #2 of 29 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.

At $16,488 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Minidoka County spend about $133.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 3.1 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.

Minidoka County has 10 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Minidoka County in 2023. That is one for every 1,158 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show Minidoka County grew 5.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Minidoka County compares

The same measures for Idaho 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 Minidoka County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureMinidoka CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.350.238.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)30981100
Households per official establishment1,158244414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+29.3%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.7%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,488$17,677$16,661
Median household income$70,377$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score8037

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 7
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$121K
One-person businesses, 2023
59Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The 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 Minidoka 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 Minidoka County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,911+5.7% since 2020
Households
8,107
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
757 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$70,377+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,232
Median home value
$262,600
Jobs located here
8,955
Daytime population
20,975Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Idaho

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

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Jerome County, ID811416.9233+8.6%#17 of 2,229
2Minidoka County, ID801012.3309+5.7%#22 of 2,229
3Bingham County, ID782314.3281+6.4%#56 of 2,229
4Jefferson County, ID741413.7302+13.6%#124 of 2,229
5Benewah County, ID74614.7250+9.7%#130 of 2,229
6Franklin County, ID72918.2222+11.2%#166 of 2,229
7Gem County, ID691215.7246+13.0%#232 of 2,229
8Gooding County, ID691322.8162+5.1%#250 of 2,229
9Washington County, ID601126.2136+9.7%#582 of 2,229
10Canyon County, ID5921825.3157+18.1%#631 of 2,229

Other business types in Minidoka County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Minidoka County, ID?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 real estate businesses in Minidoka County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 59 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Minidoka County, ID spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $133.7M a year, or $16,488 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.1 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 8,107 households in Minidoka County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Minidoka County, ID compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Minidoka County has 12.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 309, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Minidoka County would have about 31, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,158 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Minidoka County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Minidoka County at 22,911 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,107 households. Median household income in Minidoka County is $70,377, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Minidoka County scores 80 for real estate businesses (high), #22 of 2,229 scored counties.

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