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Real estate businesses in Clearwater County, MN
How Clearwater County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $44M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,164 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 1,015
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 8,647
- +1.0% since 2020
See the real estate businesses around any address in Clearwater County
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Clearwater County comes to about $44M a year: $13,164 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
There is 1 real estate business on map listings in Clearwater County as of September 2026. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Clearwater County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Clearwater County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clearwater County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Clearwater County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Clearwater County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 36.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 1,015 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 402 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,164 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,475 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $200K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Clearwater 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 Clearwater County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,647+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 3,339
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 999 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $64,475
- Average household income
- $82,836
- Median home value
- $192,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,862
- Daytime population
- 7,596Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dodge County, MN | 79 | 10 | 12.4 | 282 | +2.3% | #41 of 2,229 |
| 2Fillmore County, MN | 71 | 10 | 11.5 | 280 | +1.4% | #186 of 2,229 |
| 3Kanabec County, MN | 68 | 10 | 15.2 | 205 | +3.6% | #278 of 2,229 |
| 4Nicollet County, MN | 66 | 19 | 14.6 | 230 | −0.7% | #337 of 2,229 |
| 5Clay County, MN | 64 | 36 | 13.6 | 240 | +3.6% | #403 of 2,229 |
| 6Carlton County, MN | 64 | 20 | 14.2 | 229 | +1.4% | #407 of 2,229 |
| 7Sibley County, MN | 63 | 10 | 16.9 | 195 | +3.6% | #459 of 2,229 |
| 8Polk County, MN | 61 | 11 | 8.9 | 354 | −1.8% | #523 of 2,229 |
| 9Faribault County, MN | 61 | 8 | 13.2 | 233 | −0.1% | #531 of 2,229 |
| 10Wadena County, MN | 61 | 8 | 13.2 | 224 | +1.9% | #533 of 2,229 |
| Clearwater County, MN | Not scored | 1 | 3.0 | 1,015 | +1.0% |
Other business types in Clearwater County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Clearwater County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 real estate business in Clearwater County. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Clearwater County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clearwater County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $44M a year, or $13,164 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 3,339 households in Clearwater County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clearwater County, MN compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Clearwater County has 1 real estate business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Clearwater County would have about 10, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Clearwater County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Clearwater County at 8,647 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,339 households. Median household income in Clearwater County is $64,475, 20% below 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Clearwater County. It maps the real estate businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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