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Real estate businesses in Ford County, KS
How Ford 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,561 of 2,229 scored counties
#20 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 26
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $159.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,558 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 142
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.0
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,993
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,558 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Ford County spend about $159.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 42% 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.
Ford County has 26 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 22.0 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ford County in 2023. That is one for every 907 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 65 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ford County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Ford County is 41 (lower middle), #1,561 of 2,229 scored counties and #20 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Ford 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 | Ford County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.0 | 32.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 142 | 101 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 907 | 498 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,558 | $14,105 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $70,781 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 265 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Ford 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 Ford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,993−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,796
- Median age
- 32.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,098 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $70,781+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,372
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 16,900
- Daytime population
- 35,172Residents 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 Ford 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 |
| 20Ford County, KS | 41 | 26 | 22.0 | 142 | −0.6% | #1,561 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Ford 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 Ford County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 real estate businesses in Ford County. 5 of them (19%) 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 list 65 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ford County, KS spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $159.9M a year, or $13,558 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 26 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 42% 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 11,796 households in Ford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ford County, KS compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Ford County has 22.0 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 142, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Ford County would have about 37, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 907 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Ford County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ford County at 33,993 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,796 households. Median household income in Ford County is $70,781, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.9%, 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. Ford County scores 41 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,561 of 2,229 scored counties.
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