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Real estate businesses in Nemaha County, KS
How Nemaha 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #849 of 2,229 scored counties
#8 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $55.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,863 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 258
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 68% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,054
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 real estate businesses in Nemaha County. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $13,863 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Nemaha County spend about $55.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.6 times 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Nemaha County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nemaha County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, Nemaha County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #849 of 2,229 scored counties and #8 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Nemaha 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 | Nemaha County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 32.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 258 | 101 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 498 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,863 | $14,105 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $77,348 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Nemaha 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 Nemaha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,054−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,031
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $77,348+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,466
- Median home value
- $217,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,896
- Daytime population
- 10,592Residents 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 Nemaha 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 |
Other business types in Nemaha 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 Nemaha County, KS?
Nemaha County has 5 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. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Nemaha County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Nemaha County, KS spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $55.9M a year, or $13,863 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.6 times 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 4,031 households in Nemaha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nemaha County, KS compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Nemaha County has 12.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 258, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Nemaha County would have about 13, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Nemaha County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Nemaha County at 10,054 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,031 households. The median household income in Nemaha County is $77,348 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Nemaha County scores 54 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #849 of 2,229 scored counties.
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