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Real estate businesses in Pulaski County, KY
How Pulaski 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,350 of 2,229 scored counties
#60 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 68
- 6 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $344.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,140 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 117
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.9
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,384
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,140 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Pulaski County spend about $344.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 17% 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.
Pulaski County has 68 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 25.9 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in Pulaski County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,092 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 279 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Pulaski County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Pulaski County is 45 (lower middle), #1,350 of 2,229 scored counties and #60 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Pulaski 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 | Pulaski County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.9 | 27.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 117 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,092 | 683 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +20.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,140 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $51,898 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 240.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 279Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 686 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 80The 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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,384+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 26,210
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 658 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 100
- Median household income
- $51,898+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,241
- Median home value
- $166,900
- Jobs located here
- 25,101
- Daytime population
- 66,566Residents 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 |
| 60Pulaski County, KY | 45 | 68 | 25.9 | 117 | +3.5% | #1,350 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 real estate businesses in Pulaski County. 6 of them (9%) 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, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 279 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pulaski County, KY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $344.4M a year, or $13,140 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 68 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 17% 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 26,210 households in Pulaski County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pulaski County, KY compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Pulaski County has 25.9 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 117, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Pulaski County would have about 80, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,092 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Pulaski County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Pulaski County at 67,384 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,210 households. Median household income in Pulaski County is $51,898, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Pulaski County scores 45 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,350 of 2,229 scored counties.
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