Real estate · Small-town market · Mississippi
Real estate businesses in the Brookhaven, MS area
The real estate businesses in the Brookhaven, MS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #145 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 22
- 4 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $176.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,404 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 185
- 85% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.7
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,012
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 real estate businesses in the Brookhaven area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 18%, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.7, 57% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Brookhaven area comes to about $176.4M a year: $13,404 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 85% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Brookhaven area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,462 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 86 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Brookhaven area grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Brookhaven area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #145 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi.
How the Brookhaven area compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Brookhaven area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.7 | 22.8 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 185 | 138 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,462 | 931 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.9% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,404 | $13,696 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $51,119 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 86Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 224 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 the Brookhaven 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 Brookhaven area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,012+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 13,158
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 586 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $51,119+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,564
- Median home value
- $155,800
- Jobs located here
- 13,891
- Daytime population
- 33,849Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Brookhaven area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laurel, MS | 65 | 38 | 12.0 | 254 | −1.5% | #85 of 536 |
| 2Brookhaven, MS | 59 | 22 | 16.7 | 185 | +0.5% | #145 of 536 |
| 3Corinth, MS | 57 | 17 | 11.8 | 255 | −0.5% | #159 of 536 |
| 4Meridian, MS | 57 | 42 | 12.1 | 249 | −3.2% | #160 of 536 |
| 5Vicksburg, MS | 54 | 33 | 19.7 | 167 | −6.3% | #212 of 536 |
| 6Picayune, MS | 53 | 58 | 26.5 | 119 | +5.6% | #234 of 536 |
| 7Tupelo, MS | 52 | 99 | 19.1 | 169 | +0.8% | #242 of 536 |
| 8Grenada, MS | 50 | 15 | 11.9 | 252 | −3.6% | #261 of 536 |
| 9Greenville, MS | 50 | 21 | 12.3 | 234 | −9.4% | #262 of 536 |
| 10Cleveland, MS | 46 | 16 | 13.4 | 210 | −8.3% | #300 of 536 |
Other business types in the Brookhaven 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 Brookhaven, MS area?
There are 22 real estate businesses on map listings in the Brookhaven area as of September 2026. 4 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 86 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Brookhaven, MS area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $176.4M a year, or $13,404 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 22 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 85% 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 13,158 households in the Brookhaven area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brookhaven, MS area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Brookhaven area has 16.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 185, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Brookhaven area would have about 41, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,462 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brookhaven, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Brookhaven area at 35,012 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,158 households. The median household income in the Brookhaven area is $51,119 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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. 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 Brookhaven area scores 59 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #145 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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