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Real estate businesses in Daviess County, IN
How Daviess County, IN 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #236 of 2,229 scored counties
#3 of 82 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $157.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,314 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 227
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.5
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,209
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,314 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Daviess County spend about $157.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.3 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.
There are 16 real estate businesses on map listings in Daviess County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 13.5 for every 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Daviess County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 3,938 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 62 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Daviess County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Daviess County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #236 of 2,229 scored counties and #3 of 82 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Daviess County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Daviess County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.5 | 28.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 227 | 112 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 3,938 | 589 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,314 | $13,818 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,503 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $167K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 62Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Daviess 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 Daviess County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,209+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 11,814
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 430 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $68,503+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,976
- Median home value
- $197,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,604
- Daytime population
- 31,688Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Franklin County, IN | 75 | 10 | 10.9 | 303 | +2.2% | #101 of 2,229 |
| 2LaGrange County, IN | 73 | 13 | 10.1 | 329 | +1.9% | #137 of 2,229 |
| 3Daviess County, IN | 69 | 16 | 13.5 | 227 | +2.5% | #236 of 2,229 |
| 4Posey County, IN | 68 | 9 | 8.5 | 384 | −0.8% | #259 of 2,229 |
| 5Clinton County, IN | 66 | 14 | 11.2 | 271 | +0.4% | #332 of 2,229 |
| 6Clay County, IN | 66 | 13 | 12.3 | 254 | −0.1% | #334 of 2,229 |
| 7Jennings County, IN | 65 | 10 | 9.1 | 331 | +0.1% | #364 of 2,229 |
| 8Ripley County, IN | 65 | 16 | 13.9 | 224 | +1.6% | #377 of 2,229 |
| 9Tipton County, IN | 63 | 8 | 12.8 | 249 | −0.4% | #438 of 2,229 |
| 10Carroll County, IN | 63 | 10 | 12.4 | 247 | +1.6% | #440 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Daviess 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 Daviess County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 real estate businesses in Daviess County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. 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. Official counts also show 62 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Daviess County, IN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $157.3M a year, or $13,314 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 16 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.3 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 11,814 households in Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Daviess County, IN compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Daviess County has 13.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 227, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Daviess County would have about 36, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,938 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Daviess County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Daviess County at 34,209 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,814 households. Median household income in Daviess County is $68,503, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Daviess County scores 69 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #236 of 2,229 scored counties.
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