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Real estate businesses in Traverse County, MN

How Traverse 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
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$17.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,274 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
3,130
−6.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Traverse County spend about $17.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,274 per household, 20% 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.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no real estate businesses in Traverse County. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Traverse County would have about 4, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Traverse County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Traverse County declined 6.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Traverse 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.

Real estate in Traverse County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureTraverse CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.036.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)n/a96100
Households per official establishmentn/a402414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.5%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.8%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,274$15,162$16,661
Median household income$62,989$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Traverse 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 Traverse County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,130−6.8% since 2020
Households
1,311
Median age
45.9
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
574 sq. mi.
People per square mile
6
Median household income
$62,989
Average household income
$83,949
Median home value
$114,100
Jobs located here
973
Daytime population
2,837Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Traverse County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Dodge County, MN791012.4282+2.3%#41 of 2,229
2Fillmore County, MN711011.5280+1.4%#186 of 2,229
3Kanabec County, MN681015.2205+3.6%#278 of 2,229
4Nicollet County, MN661914.6230−0.7%#337 of 2,229
5Clay County, MN643613.6240+3.6%#403 of 2,229
6Carlton County, MN642014.2229+1.4%#407 of 2,229
7Sibley County, MN631016.9195+3.6%#459 of 2,229
8Polk County, MN61118.9354−1.8%#523 of 2,229
9Faribault County, MN61813.2233−0.1%#531 of 2,229
10Wadena County, MN61813.2224+1.9%#533 of 2,229
Traverse County, MNNot scored00.0n/a−6.8%

Other business types in Traverse County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Traverse County, MN?

There are no real estate businesses on map listings in Traverse County as of September 2026. 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 Traverse County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Traverse County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $17.4M a year, or $13,274 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, 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 1,311 households in Traverse County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Traverse County, MN compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Traverse County has no real estate businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Traverse County would have about 4, against none on map listings.

How fast is Traverse County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Traverse County at 3,130 people in 2025, down 6.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,311 households. Median household income in Traverse County is $62,989, 22% 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?

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How the score works · Top markets for real estate businesses · All 56 business types in Traverse County

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Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.