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Real estate businesses in Huntington County, IN

The real estate businesses in Huntington County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #911 of 2,229 scored counties
#30 of 82 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
24
3 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$203.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,213 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
196
96% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.6
59% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,224
+1.6% 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

Households in Huntington County spend about $203.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,213 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 96% 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.

Huntington County has 24 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.6, 59% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Huntington County in 2023. That is one for every 963 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 115 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Huntington County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Huntington County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #911 of 2,229 scored counties and #30 of 82 scored counties in Indiana.

How Huntington 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.

Real estate in Huntington County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureHuntington CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.628.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)196112100
Households per official establishment963589414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.5%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,213$13,818$16,661
Median household income$66,301$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5351

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 16
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$875K
One-person businesses, 2023
115Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
243 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
47The 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 Huntington 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 Huntington County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,224+1.6% since 2020
Households
15,403
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
383 sq. mi.
People per square mile
96
Median household income
$66,301+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,629
Median home value
$161,600
Jobs located here
13,407
Daytime population
32,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Franklin County, IN751010.9303+2.2%#101 of 2,229
2LaGrange County, IN731310.1329+1.9%#137 of 2,229
3Daviess County, IN691613.5227+2.5%#236 of 2,229
4Posey County, IN6898.5384−0.8%#259 of 2,229
5Clinton County, IN661411.2271+0.4%#332 of 2,229
6Clay County, IN661312.3254−0.1%#334 of 2,229
7Jennings County, IN65109.1331+0.1%#364 of 2,229
8Ripley County, IN651613.9224+1.6%#377 of 2,229
9Tipton County, IN63812.8249−0.4%#438 of 2,229
10Carroll County, IN631012.4247+1.6%#440 of 2,229
30Huntington County, IN532415.6196+1.6%#911 of 2,229

Other business types in Huntington County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Huntington County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 real estate businesses in Huntington County. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 115 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Huntington County, IN spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $203.5M a year, or $13,213 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 24 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 96% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,403 households in Huntington County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Huntington County, IN compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Huntington County has 15.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 196, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Huntington County would have about 47, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 963 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Huntington County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Huntington County at 37,224 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,403 households. Median household income in Huntington County is $66,301, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Huntington County scores 53 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #911 of 2,229 scored counties.

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