Real estate · Metro area · Kentucky
Real estate businesses in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #107 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 91
- 9 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $588.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,091 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 149
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.8
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,259
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $14,091 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Paducah metro area spend about $588.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 49% 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.
The Paducah metro area has 91 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 21.8 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 45 businesses with payroll in the Paducah metro area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 927 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 282 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Paducah metro area declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, the Paducah metro area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #107 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky.
How the Paducah metro 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 | Paducah metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.8 | 27.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 149 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 927 | 683 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,091 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,160 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 282Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 919 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 136The 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 Paducah metro 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 Paducah metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,259−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,735
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,236 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $64,160
- Average household income
- $88,236
- Median home value
- $168,700
- Jobs located here
- 48,716
- Daytime population
- 107,914Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Paducah metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 62 | 223 | 14.7 | 216 | −2.6% | #73 of 387 |
| 1Bowling Green, KY | 59 | 211 | 28.8 | 113 | +9.5% | #104 of 387 |
| 2Paducah, KY-IL | 58 | 91 | 21.8 | 149 | −1.2% | #107 of 387 |
| 3Elizabethtown, KY | 53 | 145 | 28.6 | 117 | +2.4% | #154 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 52 | 2,696 | 29.7 | 115 | +2.7% | #163 of 387 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 48 | 530 | 42.4 | 78 | +8.5% | #208 of 387 |
| 4Owensboro, KY | 47 | 138 | 30.5 | 109 | +1.3% | #211 of 387 |
| 5Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 41 | 1,994 | 35.7 | 96 | +2.9% | #272 of 387 |
| 6Lexington-Fayette, KY | 34 | 968 | 44.8 | 78 | +3.4% | #346 of 387 |
Other business types in the Paducah metro 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 Paducah, KY-IL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 real estate businesses in the Paducah metro area. 9 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 282 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $588.1M a year, or $14,091 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 91 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 49% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,735 households in the Paducah metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paducah, KY-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Paducah metro area has 21.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 149, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Paducah metro area would have about 136, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 927 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is the Paducah, KY-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Paducah metro area at 102,259 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,735 households. Median household income in the Paducah metro area is $64,160, 21% 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. 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 Paducah metro area scores 58 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #107 of 387 scored metro areas.
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