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Real estate businesses in Barton County, KS
The real estate businesses in Barton County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,908 of 2,229 scored counties
#26 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 20
- 5 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $131.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,670 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 152
- 52% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,790
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Barton County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #1,908 of 2,229 scored counties and #26 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 real estate businesses in Barton County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 25%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 19.3 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $12,670 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Barton County spend about $131.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 52% 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.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Barton County in 2023. That is one for every 798 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Barton County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Barton County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Barton County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 32.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 152 | 101 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 798 | 498 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,670 | $14,105 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $58,851 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 77
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 87Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 205 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Barton 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 Barton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,790−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 10,380
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 895 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $58,851+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,743
- Median home value
- $126,400
- Jobs located here
- 11,401
- Daytime population
- 24,199Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Barton County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, KS | 69 | 9 | 12.1 | 275 | −0.2% | #228 of 2,229 |
| 2Wyandotte County, KS | 62 | 61 | 9.9 | 303 | +1.0% | #482 of 2,229 |
| 3Osage County, KS | 57 | 11 | 17.1 | 182 | −0.3% | #717 of 2,229 |
| 4Miami County, KS | 57 | 28 | 20.4 | 168 | +5.9% | #725 of 2,229 |
| 5Pottawatomie County, KS | 56 | 18 | 19.2 | 179 | +6.9% | #768 of 2,229 |
| 6Leavenworth County, KS | 56 | 58 | 19.2 | 179 | +3.2% | #769 of 2,229 |
| 7Dickinson County, KS | 56 | 16 | 20.0 | 156 | +1.4% | #778 of 2,229 |
| 8Nemaha County, KS | 54 | 5 | 12.4 | 258 | −2.1% | #849 of 2,229 |
| 9Atchison County, KS | 52 | 5 | 8.7 | 338 | −0.9% | #950 of 2,229 |
| 10Cherokee County, KS | 51 | 6 | 7.6 | 374 | −1.0% | #1,013 of 2,229 |
| 26Barton County, KS | 34 | 20 | 19.3 | 152 | −2.5% | #1,908 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Barton 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 Barton County, KS?
Barton County has 20 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 87 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Barton County, KS spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $131.5M a year, or $12,670 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 20 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 52% 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 10,380 households in Barton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barton County, KS compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Barton County has 19.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 152, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Barton County would have about 30, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 798 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Barton County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Barton County at 24,790 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,380 households. The median household income in Barton County is $58,851 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.4% 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. Barton County scores 34 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,908 of 2,229 scored counties.
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