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Real estate businesses in Pearl River County, MS

How Pearl River County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #886 of 2,229 scored counties
#20 of 49 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
58
9 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$300.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,715 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
119
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.5
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,363
+5.6% 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 Pearl River County spend about $300.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,715 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 19% 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.

Pearl River County has 58 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.5, 31% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Pearl River County in 2023. That is one for every 1,368 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 177 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pearl River County grew 5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pearl River County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #886 of 2,229 scored counties and #20 of 49 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Pearl River County 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.

Real estate in Pearl River County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasurePearl River CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.522.838.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)119138100
Households per official establishment1,368931414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.9%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,715$13,696$16,661
Median household income$58,135$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score5460

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 16
Employees, 2023
24
Annual payroll, 2023
$959K
One-person businesses, 2023
177Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
589 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
69The 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 Pearl River 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 Pearl River County

Population, 2025 estimate
59,363+5.6% since 2020
Households
21,880
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
812 sq. mi.
People per square mile
71
Median household income
$58,135+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,551
Median home value
$182,300
Jobs located here
11,097
Daytime population
47,617Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Pearl River County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1George County, MS761415.1214+8.1%#91 of 2,229
2Marshall County, MS7364.5677+2.6%#135 of 2,229
3Tate County, MS711110.0326+2.1%#179 of 2,229
4Neshoba County, MS6954.9632−0.9%#219 of 2,229
5Union County, MS651212.2259+2.3%#367 of 2,229
6Pontotoc County, MS641714.4214+2.9%#410 of 2,229
7Monroe County, MS63128.6353−2.4%#432 of 2,229
8Prentiss County, MS6277.3421+1.3%#475 of 2,229
9Tishomingo County, MS62910.2302−1.1%#483 of 2,229
10Stone County, MS621217.9176+7.2%#507 of 2,229
20Pearl River County, MS545826.5119+5.6%#886 of 2,229

Other business types in Pearl River County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Pearl River County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 58 real estate businesses in Pearl River County. 9 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 177 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Pearl River County, MS spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $300.1M a year, or $13,715 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 58 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 19% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,880 households in Pearl River County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pearl River County, MS compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Pearl River County has 26.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 119, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Pearl River County would have about 69, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,368 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Pearl River County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Pearl River County at 59,363 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,880 households. Median household income in Pearl River County is $58,135, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. 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. Pearl River County scores 54 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #886 of 2,229 scored counties.

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