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Real estate businesses in Clay County, KY
The real estate businesses in Clay County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $87.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,003 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 2,019
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,465
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 real estate business in Clay County. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.
At $12,003 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Clay County spend about $87.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs. 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 Clay County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Clay County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 real estate business on map listings, Clay County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Clay 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 | Clay County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 27.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 2,019 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 683 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,003 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $40,900 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 60 |
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
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,465−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,288
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 469 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $40,900+52.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $55,251
- Median home value
- $90,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,637
- Daytime population
- 17,644Residents 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 |
| Clay County, KY | Not scored | 1 | 1.4 | 2,019 | −4.1% |
Other business types in Clay 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 Clay County, KY?
Clay County has 1 real estate business on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Clay County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clay County, KY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $87.5M a year, or $12,003 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 7,288 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, KY compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Clay County has 1 real estate business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Clay County would have about 20, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Clay County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 19,465 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,288 households. The median household income in Clay County is $40,900 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.4% 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. Clay County has no market score for real estate businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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