Real estate · Small-town market · Kentucky
Real estate businesses in the Corbin, KY area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in the Corbin, KY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #164 of 536 scored small-town markets
#7 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 90
- 5 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $714.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,634 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 183
- 83% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.9
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 150,040
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 90 real estate businesses in the Corbin area. 5 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 15.9 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Corbin area comes to about $714.3M a year: $12,634 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 83% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Corbin area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 2,356 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 310 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Corbin area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in the Corbin area is 57 (upper middle), #164 of 536 scored small-town markets and #7 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.
How the Corbin area 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 | Corbin area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.9 | 27.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 183 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,356 | 683 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,634 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $46,363 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 310Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 905 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 165The 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 the Corbin area, 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 the Corbin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 150,040+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 56,536
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,727 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $46,363
- Average household income
- $63,136
- Median home value
- $134,600
- Jobs located here
- 54,326
- Daytime population
- 151,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mount Sterling, KY | 66 | 28 | 15.4 | 200 | +3.1% | #79 of 536 |
| 2Mayfield, KY | 65 | 17 | 12.0 | 256 | +1.4% | #84 of 536 |
| 3Glasgow, KY | 65 | 39 | 17.6 | 172 | +2.6% | #89 of 536 |
| 4Pikeville, KY | 58 | 33 | 8.5 | 340 | −5.4% | #148 of 536 |
| 5Henderson, KY | 58 | 35 | 14.9 | 211 | −0.9% | #149 of 536 |
| 6Franklin, KY | 58 | 18 | 22.4 | 142 | +5.9% | #157 of 536 |
| 7Corbin, KY | 57 | 90 | 15.9 | 183 | +0.1% | #164 of 536 |
| 8Danville, KY | 57 | 47 | 21.6 | 144 | +3.6% | #171 of 536 |
| 9Frankfort, KY | 55 | 76 | 23.5 | 142 | +3.1% | #198 of 536 |
| 10Middlesborough, KY | 54 | 11 | 11.1 | 241 | −4.8% | #206 of 536 |
Other business types in the Corbin area
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 the Corbin, KY area?
The Corbin area has 90 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 310 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Corbin, KY area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $714.3M a year, or $12,634 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 90 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 83% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,536 households in the Corbin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Corbin, KY area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Corbin area has 15.9 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 183, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Corbin area would have about 165, against 90 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,356 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is the Corbin, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Corbin area at 150,040 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,536 households. The median household income in the Corbin area is $46,363 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Corbin area scores 57 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #164 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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