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Real estate businesses in Bond County, IL

How Bond County, IL 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #621 of 2,229 scored counties
#17 of 83 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$82.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,399 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
190
90% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.3
58% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,959
+0.6% 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 10 real estate businesses in Bond County. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.3, 58% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Households in Bond County spend about $82.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,399 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 90% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Bond County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 2,049 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 43 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bond County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Bond County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #621 of 2,229 scored counties and #17 of 83 scored counties in Illinois.

How Bond County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Bond County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureBond CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.332.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)190105100
Households per official establishment2,049543414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.1%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,399$14,866$16,661
Median household income$65,959$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5943

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
6
Annual payroll, 2023
$161K
One-person businesses, 2023
43Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Bond 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 Bond County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,959+0.6% since 2020
Households
6,147
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
380 sq. mi.
People per square mile
44
Median household income
$65,959+15.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,080
Median home value
$145,700
Jobs located here
4,456
Daytime population
14,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Woodford County, IL70106.8514−0.8%#199 of 2,229
2Boone County, IL67199.8348+0.4%#286 of 2,229
3Douglas County, IL671114.2226+0.5%#304 of 2,229
4Henry County, IL66167.9405−2.2%#326 of 2,229
5Bureau County, IL66117.8394−2.1%#327 of 2,229
6Randolph County, IL641310.9279−0.6%#395 of 2,229
7Piatt County, IL641217.3201+0.6%#414 of 2,229
8Clinton County, IL632215.1223+0.6%#448 of 2,229
9Fulton County, IL62139.4314−2.0%#481 of 2,229
10Shelby County, IL61910.1304−1.6%#527 of 2,229
17Bond County, IL591016.3190+0.6%#621 of 2,229

Other business types in Bond County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Bond County, IL?

There are 10 real estate businesses on map listings in Bond County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 43 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Bond County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $82.4M a year, or $13,399 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 90% 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 6,147 households in Bond County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bond County, IL compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Bond County has 16.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 190, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Bond County would have about 19, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,049 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Bond County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Bond County at 16,959 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,147 households. The median household income in Bond County is $65,959 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.1% 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. Bond County scores 59 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #621 of 2,229 scored counties.

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