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Real estate businesses in Johnson County, MO

How Johnson County, MO 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,463 of 2,229 scored counties
#42 of 82 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
52
6 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
27
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$278.8M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,221 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
124
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.7
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,670
+4.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 real estate businesses in Johnson County. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.7, 36% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Johnson County comes to about $278.8M a year: $13,221 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 24% 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 Johnson County was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 781 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 226 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Johnson County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Johnson County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,463 of 2,229 scored counties and #42 of 82 scored counties in Missouri.

How Johnson County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Johnson County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.732.938.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)12497100
Households per official establishment781540414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.3%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,221$13,809$16,661
Median household income$67,272$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4337

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 27
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
226Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
526 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
64The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County

Population, 2025 estimate
56,670+4.9% since 2020
Households
21,087
Median age
34.4
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
829 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$67,272+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,022
Median home value
$235,700
Jobs located here
15,260
Daytime population
47,747Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Andrew County, MO7168.6373+0.7%#174 of 2,229
2Dallas County, MO69710.3270+5.2%#229 of 2,229
3Ste. Genevieve County, MO6657.0447+1.1%#324 of 2,229
4Lawrence County, MO632215.1195+3.7%#458 of 2,229
5Warren County, MO633122.4148+9.2%#473 of 2,229
6McDonald County, MO6178.2346+3.1%#524 of 2,229
7Bates County, MO6169.7302+2.9%#528 of 2,229
8Benton County, MO6078.2340+5.7%#559 of 2,229
9Lincoln County, MO606026.3126+11.4%#584 of 2,229
10Washington County, MO5866.7422+1.6%#641 of 2,229
42Johnson County, MO435224.7124+4.9%#1,463 of 2,229

Other business types in Johnson County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Johnson County, MO?

There are 52 real estate businesses on map listings in Johnson County as of September 2026. 6 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 226 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Johnson County, MO spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $278.8M a year, or $13,221 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 52 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 24% 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 21,087 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Johnson County, MO compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Johnson County has 24.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 124, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Johnson County would have about 64, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 781 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Johnson County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Johnson County at 56,670 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,087 households. The median household income in Johnson County is $67,272 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.7% 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. 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. Johnson County scores 43 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,463 of 2,229 scored counties.

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