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Real estate businesses in Somerset County, ME
How Somerset County, ME 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 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #76 of 2,229 scored counties
#1 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $364.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,704 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 495
- 5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 81% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,620
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Somerset County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #76 of 2,229 scored counties and #1 of 16 scored counties in Maine. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.
Households in Somerset County spend about $364.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $15,704 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 5 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.
There are 17 real estate businesses on map listings in Somerset County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 7.3 for every 10,000 households, 81% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Somerset County was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 1,055 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $67K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Somerset County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Somerset County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Somerset County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Somerset County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 31.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 495 | 130 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,055 | 418 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.4% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,704 | $17,605 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $58,179 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 158Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $67K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,620+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,209
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,924 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $58,179+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,305
- Median home value
- $166,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,253
- Daytime population
- 42,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maine market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maine for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Maine, with Somerset County marked.
Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Somerset County, ME | 76 | 17 | 7.3 | 495 | +2.3% | #76 of 2,229 |
| 2Washington County, ME | 75 | 17 | 12.0 | 302 | +0.8% | #102 of 2,229 |
| 3Sagadahoc County, ME | 74 | 19 | 11.6 | 364 | +3.4% | #120 of 2,229 |
| 4Oxford County, ME | 68 | 42 | 17.4 | 215 | +4.2% | #276 of 2,229 |
| 5Waldo County, ME | 67 | 32 | 18.3 | 214 | +2.6% | #306 of 2,229 |
| 6Aroostook County, ME | 65 | 45 | 15.0 | 242 | −0.7% | #372 of 2,229 |
| 7Lincoln County, ME | 64 | 27 | 16.3 | 249 | +3.8% | #401 of 2,229 |
| 8Piscataquis County, ME | 63 | 17 | 20.3 | 182 | +3.5% | #464 of 2,229 |
| 9Franklin County, ME | 60 | 26 | 20.5 | 180 | +4.6% | #571 of 2,229 |
| 10Kennebec County, ME | 60 | 121 | 22.3 | 175 | +3.5% | #573 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Somerset 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 Somerset County, ME?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 real estate businesses in Somerset 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 22 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 158 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Somerset County, ME spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $364.5M a year, or $15,704 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 17 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 5 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 23,209 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, ME compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Somerset County has 7.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 81% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 495, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Somerset County would have about 84, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,055 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Somerset County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 51,620 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,209 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $58,179, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.5%, 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. Somerset County scores 76 for real estate businesses (high), #76 of 2,229 scored counties.
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