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Real estate businesses in Union County, MS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Union County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #367 of 2,229 scored counties
#5 of 49 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
12
4 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$134.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,653 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
259
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.2
68% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,459
+2.3% 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 Union County spend about $134.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,653 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.6 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.

Union County has 12 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 12.2 per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Union County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,094 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 80 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Union County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Union County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #367 of 2,229 scored counties and #5 of 49 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Union 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 Union County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureUnion CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.222.838.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)259138100
Households per official establishment1,094931414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.9%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,653$13,696$16,661
Median household income$55,505$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score6560

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 9
Employees, 2023
39
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
80Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
124 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The 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 Union 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 Union County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,459+2.3% since 2020
Households
9,849
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
416 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$55,505+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,967
Median home value
$163,400
Jobs located here
12,888
Daytime population
29,136Residents 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 Union 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

Other business types in Union County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Union County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 real estate businesses in Union County. 4 of them (33%) 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 list 80 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $134.5M a year, or $13,653 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.6 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,849 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Union County has 12.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 259, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Union County would have about 31, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,094 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Union County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Union County at 28,459 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,849 households. Median household income in Union County is $55,505, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Union County scores 65 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #367 of 2,229 scored counties.

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

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