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Real estate businesses in Johnson County, KY
The real estate businesses in Johnson County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #891 of 2,229 scored counties
#39 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $112.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,441 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 433
- 4.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 83% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,051
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Johnson County comes to about $112.5M a year: $12,441 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 4.3 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.
Johnson County has 6 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 83% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Johnson County in 2023. That is one for every 1,130 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 46 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Johnson County declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Johnson County is 53 (upper middle), #891 of 2,229 scored counties and #39 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Johnson 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 | Johnson County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 27.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 433 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,130 | 683 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,441 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $44,904 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $593K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,051−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 9,040
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 262 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 85
- Median household income
- $44,904+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $61,524
- Median home value
- $120,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,685
- Daytime population
- 20,881Residents 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 |
| 39Johnson County, KY | 53 | 6 | 6.6 | 433 | −2.6% | #891 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Johnson 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 Johnson County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 real estate businesses in Johnson County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Johnson County, KY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $112.5M a year, or $12,441 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 4.3 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,040 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, KY compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Johnson County has 6.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 83% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 433, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Johnson County would have about 26, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,130 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 22,051 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,040 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $44,904, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.2%, 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. Johnson County scores 53 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #891 of 2,229 scored counties.
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