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Real estate businesses in Dorchester County, MD
How Dorchester 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #983 of 2,229 scored counties
#8 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 28
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $192M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,173 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 158
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,628
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Dorchester County comes to about $192M a year: $14,173 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 58% 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.
There are 28 real estate businesses on map listings in Dorchester County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 20.7 per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Dorchester County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 677 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 119 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dorchester County grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Dorchester County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #983 of 2,229 scored counties and #8 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Dorchester 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 | Dorchester County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 40.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 158 | 100 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 677 | 454 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,173 | $17,488 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,839 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 85
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 119Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 280 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,628+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,546
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 541 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $61,839+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,771
- Median home value
- $262,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,352
- Daytime population
- 29,247Residents 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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 real estate businesses in Dorchester 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 20 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 119 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dorchester County, MD spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $192M a year, or $14,173 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 28 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 58% 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 13,546 households in Dorchester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dorchester County, MD compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Dorchester County has 20.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 158, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Dorchester County would have about 44, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 677 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Dorchester County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Dorchester County at 33,628 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,546 households. Median household income in Dorchester County is $61,839, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. Dorchester County scores 52 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #983 of 2,229 scored counties.
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