Real estate · Small-town market · Indiana
Real estate businesses in the Kendallville, IN area
The real estate businesses in the Kendallville, IN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #150 of 536 scored small-town markets
#5 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 30
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $244.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,467 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 188
- 88% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.5
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,937
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,467 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Kendallville area spend about $244.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 88% 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.
There are 30 real estate businesses on map listings in the Kendallville area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 7%, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.5, 57% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Kendallville area in 2023. That is one for every 1,069 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 107 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kendallville area grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kendallville area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #150 of 536 scored small-town markets and #5 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the Kendallville area 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 | Kendallville area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.5 | 28.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 188 | 112 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,069 | 589 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,467 | $13,818 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,723 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 107Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 302 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 the Kendallville area, 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 the Kendallville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,937+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 18,179
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 116
- Median household income
- $71,723+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,740
- Median home value
- $196,800
- Jobs located here
- 16,886
- Daytime population
- 42,342Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Kendallville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington, IN | 75 | 16 | 13.5 | 227 | +2.5% | #30 of 536 |
| 2Frankfort, IN | 71 | 14 | 11.2 | 271 | +0.4% | #44 of 536 |
| 3Crawfordsville, IN | 62 | 25 | 16.0 | 195 | +2.7% | #113 of 536 |
| 4Logansport, IN | 59 | 23 | 15.3 | 189 | +0.1% | #143 of 536 |
| 5Kendallville, IN | 58 | 30 | 16.5 | 188 | +1.0% | #150 of 536 |
| 6Huntington, IN | 56 | 24 | 15.6 | 196 | +1.6% | #177 of 536 |
| 7Auburn, IN | 56 | 33 | 19.3 | 162 | +2.9% | #181 of 536 |
| 8Seymour, IN | 55 | 37 | 20.4 | 153 | +1.9% | #197 of 536 |
| 9Connersville, IN | 52 | 13 | 13.8 | 211 | +0.7% | #237 of 536 |
| 10Monticello, IN | 52 | 20 | 19.5 | 157 | +2.0% | #245 of 536 |
Other business types in the Kendallville area
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 the Kendallville, IN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 real estate businesses in the Kendallville area. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 107 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kendallville, IN area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $244.8M a year, or $13,467 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 30 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 88% 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 18,179 households in the Kendallville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kendallville, IN area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Kendallville area has 16.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 188, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Kendallville area would have about 57, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,069 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kendallville, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Kendallville area at 47,937 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,179 households. Median household income in the Kendallville area is $71,723, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Kendallville area scores 58 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #150 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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