Real estate · Small-town market · Mississippi
Real estate businesses in the Clarksdale, MS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in the Clarksdale, MS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #342 of 536 scored small-town markets
#13 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $99.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $11,832 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 328
- 3.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 78% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,849
- −6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 real estate businesses in the Clarksdale area. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Clarksdale area comes to about $99.4M a year: $11,832 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3.3 times 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 Clarksdale area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 840 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Clarksdale area declined 6.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, the Clarksdale area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #342 of 536 scored small-town markets and #13 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi.
How the Clarksdale 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 | Clarksdale area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 22.8 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 328 | 138 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 840 | 931 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.9% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $11,832 | $13,696 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $37,461 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Clarksdale 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 Clarksdale area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,849−6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,404
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 553 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $37,461+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,980
- Median home value
- $90,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,633
- Daytime population
- 19,131Residents 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 Clarksdale 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 |
| 13Clarksdale, MS | 43 | 7 | 8.3 | 328 | −6.5% | #342 of 536 |
Other business types in the Clarksdale 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 Clarksdale, MS area?
There are 7 real estate businesses on map listings in the Clarksdale area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Clarksdale, MS area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $99.4M a year, or $11,832 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.3 times 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 8,404 households in the Clarksdale area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Clarksdale, MS area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Clarksdale area has 8.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 328, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Clarksdale area would have about 23, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 840 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is the Clarksdale, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Clarksdale area at 19,849 people in 2025, down 6.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,404 households. The median household income in the Clarksdale area is $37,461 a year, 54% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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 Clarksdale area scores 43 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #342 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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