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Real estate businesses in Allegany County, MD
How Allegany County, MD 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #818 of 2,229 scored counties
#4 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 46
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $370.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,528 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 186
- 86% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.8
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,848
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 46 real estate businesses in Allegany County. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That is 16.8 per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $13,528 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Allegany County spend about $370.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 86% 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.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Allegany County in 2023. That is one for every 1,956 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 155 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Allegany County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Allegany County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Allegany County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #818 of 2,229 scored counties and #4 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Allegany County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Allegany County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.8 | 40.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 186 | 100 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,956 | 454 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,528 | $17,488 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $59,603 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 155Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 461 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 86The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $40K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Allegany 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 Allegany County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,848−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 27,382
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 422 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,603+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,712
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 25,839
- Daytime population
- 68,730Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Caroline County, MD | 66 | 16 | 12.8 | 262 | +2.5% | #333 of 2,229 |
| 2Somerset County, MD | 64 | 10 | 12.0 | 263 | +1.7% | #398 of 2,229 |
| 3Cecil County, MD | 56 | 105 | 25.9 | 145 | +3.2% | #783 of 2,229 |
| 4Allegany County, MD | 55 | 46 | 16.8 | 186 | −1.6% | #818 of 2,229 |
| 5Charles County, MD | 55 | 250 | 41.1 | 104 | +5.9% | #842 of 2,229 |
| 6St. Mary’s County, MD | 53 | 130 | 30.6 | 138 | +2.4% | #936 of 2,229 |
| 7Prince George’s County, MD | 53 | 1,006 | 28.9 | 137 | +0.5% | #937 of 2,229 |
| 8Dorchester County, MD | 52 | 28 | 20.7 | 158 | +3.4% | #983 of 2,229 |
| 9Carroll County, MD | 50 | 196 | 30.5 | 139 | +2.2% | #1,082 of 2,229 |
| 10Frederick County, MD | 50 | 467 | 44.6 | 97 | +11.0% | #1,108 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Allegany 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 Allegany County, MD?
Allegany County has 46 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 155 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Allegany County, MD spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $370.4M a year, or $13,528 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 46 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 86% 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 27,382 households in Allegany County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allegany County, MD compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Allegany County has 16.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 186, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Allegany County would have about 86, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,956 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Allegany County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Allegany County at 66,848 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 27,382 households. The median household income in Allegany County is $59,603 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Allegany County scores 55 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #818 of 2,229 scored counties.
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