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Real estate businesses in Crawford County, KS

How Crawford County, KS 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,667 of 2,229 scored counties
#21 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
35
4 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$193.9M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,244 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
128
28% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.1
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,008
+0.1% 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 Crawford County spend about $193.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $12,244 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 28% 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 35 real estate businesses on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. 4 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 22.1 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Crawford County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,320 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 120 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crawford County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,667 of 2,229 scored counties and #21 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.

How Crawford 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.

Real estate in Crawford County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.132.338.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)128101100
Households per official establishment1,320498414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.8%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,244$14,105$16,661
Median household income$52,844$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score3939

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 12
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$898K
One-person businesses, 2023
120Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
354 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
45The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
39,008+0.1% since 2020
Households
15,838
Median age
35.3
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
590 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$52,844+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,498
Median home value
$132,600
Jobs located here
17,159
Daytime population
39,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, KS69912.1275−0.2%#228 of 2,229
2Wyandotte County, KS62619.9303+1.0%#482 of 2,229
3Osage County, KS571117.1182−0.3%#717 of 2,229
4Miami County, KS572820.4168+5.9%#725 of 2,229
5Pottawatomie County, KS561819.2179+6.9%#768 of 2,229
6Leavenworth County, KS565819.2179+3.2%#769 of 2,229
7Dickinson County, KS561620.0156+1.4%#778 of 2,229
8Nemaha County, KS54512.4258−2.1%#849 of 2,229
9Atchison County, KS5258.7338−0.9%#950 of 2,229
10Cherokee County, KS5167.6374−1.0%#1,013 of 2,229
21Crawford County, KS393522.1128+0.1%#1,667 of 2,229

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Crawford County, KS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 35 real estate businesses in Crawford County. 4 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 120 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Crawford County, KS spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $193.9M a year, or $12,244 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 35 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 28% 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 15,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, KS compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Crawford County has 22.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 128, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Crawford County would have about 45, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,320 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 39,008 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $52,844, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Crawford County scores 39 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,667 of 2,229 scored counties.

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