Real estate · Small-town market · Kansas
Real estate businesses in the Emporia, KS area
The real estate businesses in the Emporia, KS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #520 of 536 scored small-town markets
#11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 34
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −8.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $184.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,624 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 125
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.2
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,838
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in the Emporia area is 26 (lower middle), #520 of 536 scored small-town markets and #11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 real estate businesses in the Emporia area. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 23.2 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Emporia area comes to about $184.7M a year: $12,624 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 25% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Emporia area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, down 8.3% from 2019. That is one for every 610 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Emporia area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Emporia area 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 | Emporia area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.2 | 32.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 125 | 101 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 610 | 498 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.3% | +6.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,624 | $14,105 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $59,354 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24−8.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 90Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 340 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Emporia 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 Emporia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,838+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,628
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,621 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $59,354+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,516
- Median home value
- $146,700
- Jobs located here
- 16,443
- Daytime population
- 32,429Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Emporia area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Atchison, KS | 55 | 5 | 8.7 | 338 | −0.9% | #187 of 536 |
| 2Ottawa, KS | 44 | 23 | 22.1 | 141 | +1.1% | #331 of 536 |
| 3Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 42 | 26 | 19.4 | 151 | −0.4% | #362 of 536 |
| 4Liberal, KS | 40 | 12 | 16.5 | 183 | −3.6% | #386 of 536 |
| 5Dodge City, KS | 40 | 26 | 22.0 | 142 | −0.6% | #391 of 536 |
| 6Pittsburg, KS | 36 | 35 | 22.1 | 128 | +0.1% | #440 of 536 |
| 7Garden City, KS | 32 | 33 | 24.9 | 128 | −2.1% | #487 of 536 |
| 8McPherson, KS | 31 | 35 | 28.8 | 111 | −0.4% | #497 of 536 |
| 9Great Bend, KS | 30 | 20 | 19.3 | 152 | −2.5% | #501 of 536 |
| 10Hutchinson, KS | 26 | 54 | 21.1 | 140 | −0.6% | #518 of 536 |
| 11Emporia, KS | 26 | 34 | 23.2 | 125 | +0.4% | #520 of 536 |
Other business types in the Emporia 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 Emporia, KS area?
The Emporia area has 34 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, down 8.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 90 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Emporia, KS area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $184.7M a year, or $12,624 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 34 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 25% 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 14,628 households in the Emporia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Emporia, KS area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Emporia area has 23.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 125, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Emporia area would have about 43, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 610 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Emporia, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Emporia area at 34,838 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,628 households. The median household income in the Emporia area is $59,354 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. 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 Emporia area scores 26 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #520 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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