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Real estate businesses in Bullitt County, KY

How Bullitt County, KY 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #308 of 2,229 scored counties
#12 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
56
8 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
37
+54.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$490M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,435 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
202
Twice the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.6
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
86,454
+5.0% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Bullitt County comes to about $490M a year: $15,435 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is twice 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.

Bullitt County has 56 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 14%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 17.6 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Bullitt County was 37 in 2023, up 54.2% from 2019. That is one for every 858 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 330 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bullitt County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Bullitt County is 67 (upper middle), #308 of 2,229 scored counties and #12 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Bullitt 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.

Real estate in Bullitt County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureBullitt CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.627.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)202120100
Households per official establishment858683414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+54.2%+20.5%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,435$14,283$16,661
Median household income$80,558$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score6760

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24 → 37+54.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
69
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
330Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
568 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
113The 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 Bullitt 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 Bullitt County

Population, 2025 estimate
86,454+5.0% since 2020
Households
31,747
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
297 sq. mi.
People per square mile
283
Median household income
$80,558+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,554
Median home value
$247,200
Jobs located here
30,802
Daytime population
70,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Harrison County, KY80811.0300+4.9%#24 of 2,229
2Spencer County, KY801216.4233+7.7%#28 of 2,229
3Lincoln County, KY7699.3328+4.6%#84 of 2,229
4Grant County, KY7377.6429+4.7%#136 of 2,229
5Hart County, KY72810.8278+4.3%#161 of 2,229
6Woodford County, KY701816.6218+3.7%#210 of 2,229
7Nelson County, KY703015.7213+4.8%#211 of 2,229
8Anderson County, KY701818.6182+5.5%#216 of 2,229
9Meade County, KY681715.4225+2.2%#273 of 2,229
10Mercer County, KY671314.2230+4.8%#301 of 2,229
12Bullitt County, KY675617.6202+5.0%#308 of 2,229

Other business types in Bullitt County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Bullitt County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 real estate businesses in Bullitt County. 8 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 54.2% from 2019. Official counts list 330 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bullitt County, KY spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $490M a year, or $15,435 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 56 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is twice 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 31,747 households in Bullitt County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bullitt County, KY compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Bullitt County has 17.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 202, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Bullitt County would have about 113, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 858 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 54.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Bullitt County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Bullitt County at 86,454 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,747 households. Median household income in Bullitt County is $80,558, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. Bullitt County scores 67 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #308 of 2,229 scored counties.

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