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Real estate businesses in Boyle County, KY
The real estate businesses in Boyle County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,420 of 2,229 scored counties
#63 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 38
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $165.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,734 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 100
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.5
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,632
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Boyle County comes to about $165.4M a year: $13,734 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is in line with 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.
Boyle County has 38 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 31.5 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Boyle County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,095 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 99 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Boyle County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Boyle County is 44 (lower middle), #1,420 of 2,229 scored counties and #63 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Boyle County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Boyle County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.5 | 27.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 100 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,095 | 683 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,734 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,159 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $492K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 99Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 381 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Boyle 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 Boyle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,632+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,045
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 180 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 172
- Median household income
- $61,159+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,053
- Median home value
- $209,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,969
- Daytime population
- 33,612Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harrison County, KY | 80 | 8 | 11.0 | 300 | +4.9% | #24 of 2,229 |
| 2Spencer County, KY | 80 | 12 | 16.4 | 233 | +7.7% | #28 of 2,229 |
| 3Lincoln County, KY | 76 | 9 | 9.3 | 328 | +4.6% | #84 of 2,229 |
| 4Grant County, KY | 73 | 7 | 7.6 | 429 | +4.7% | #136 of 2,229 |
| 5Hart County, KY | 72 | 8 | 10.8 | 278 | +4.3% | #161 of 2,229 |
| 6Woodford County, KY | 70 | 18 | 16.6 | 218 | +3.7% | #210 of 2,229 |
| 7Nelson County, KY | 70 | 30 | 15.7 | 213 | +4.8% | #211 of 2,229 |
| 8Anderson County, KY | 70 | 18 | 18.6 | 182 | +5.5% | #216 of 2,229 |
| 9Meade County, KY | 68 | 17 | 15.4 | 225 | +2.2% | #273 of 2,229 |
| 10Mercer County, KY | 67 | 13 | 14.2 | 230 | +4.8% | #301 of 2,229 |
| 63Boyle County, KY | 44 | 38 | 31.5 | 100 | +2.9% | #1,420 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Boyle 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 Boyle County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 real estate businesses in Boyle County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 99 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Boyle County, KY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $165.4M a year, or $13,734 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 38 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is in line with 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 12,045 households in Boyle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boyle County, KY compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Boyle County has 31.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 100, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,095 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Boyle County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Boyle County at 31,632 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,045 households. Median household income in Boyle County is $61,159, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Boyle County scores 44 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,420 of 2,229 scored counties.
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