Real estate · Small-town market · Massachusetts
Real estate businesses in the Nantucket, MA area
The real estate businesses in the Nantucket, MA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #420 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 48
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 62
- +10.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $124.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $23,690 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 60
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 91.4
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, the Nantucket area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #420 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $23,690 per household (42% above the U.S. average), households in the Nantucket area spend about $124.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 40% below 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 Nantucket area has 48 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 91.4, 2.4 times 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 the Nantucket area was 62 in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019. That is one for every 85 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $551K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Nantucket area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Nantucket area grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Nantucket area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Nantucket area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 91.4 | 38.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 60 | 122 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 85 | 500 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.7% | +11.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $23,690 | $20,433 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 62+10.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 230Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 481 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $551K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Nantucket 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 Nantucket area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Massachusetts for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with the Nantucket area marked.
Top small-town markets in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greenfield, MA | 81 | 44 | 13.9 | 288 | −0.3% | #5 of 536 |
| 2Vineyard Haven, MA | 38 | 60 | 79.1 | 63 | +3.1% | #419 of 536 |
| 3Nantucket, MA | 38 | 48 | 91.4 | 60 | +3.6% | #420 of 536 |
Other business types in the Nantucket 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 Nantucket, MA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 real estate businesses in the Nantucket area. 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 62 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019. Official counts list 230 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Nantucket, MA area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $124.4M a year, or $23,690 per household. That is 42% above the U.S. average (an index of 142, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 48 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 40% below 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 5,252 households in the Nantucket area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nantucket, MA area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Nantucket area has 91.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 60, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Nantucket area would have about 29, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 85 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Nantucket, MA area growing?
Population estimates put the Nantucket area at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. Median household income in the Nantucket area is $139,688, 73% above 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Nantucket area scores 38 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #420 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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