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Real estate businesses in Ray County, MO
The real estate businesses in Ray County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #705 of 2,229 scored counties
#14 of 82 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $123.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,593 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 238
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 66% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,398
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,593 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Ray County spend about $123.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.4 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.
Ray County has 12 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 17%, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.2, 66% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ray County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 62 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ray County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Ray County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #705 of 2,229 scored counties and #14 of 82 scored counties in Missouri.
How Ray 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.
| Measure | Ray County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 32.9 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 238 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 540 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.3% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,593 | $13,809 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $74,573 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 62Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Ray 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 Ray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,398+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,116
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 569 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $74,573+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,338
- Median home value
- $198,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,281
- Daytime population
- 16,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew County, MO | 71 | 6 | 8.6 | 373 | +0.7% | #174 of 2,229 |
| 2Dallas County, MO | 69 | 7 | 10.3 | 270 | +5.2% | #229 of 2,229 |
| 3Ste. Genevieve County, MO | 66 | 5 | 7.0 | 447 | +1.1% | #324 of 2,229 |
| 4Lawrence County, MO | 63 | 22 | 15.1 | 195 | +3.7% | #458 of 2,229 |
| 5Warren County, MO | 63 | 31 | 22.4 | 148 | +9.2% | #473 of 2,229 |
| 6McDonald County, MO | 61 | 7 | 8.2 | 346 | +3.1% | #524 of 2,229 |
| 7Bates County, MO | 61 | 6 | 9.7 | 302 | +2.9% | #528 of 2,229 |
| 8Benton County, MO | 60 | 7 | 8.2 | 340 | +5.7% | #559 of 2,229 |
| 9Lincoln County, MO | 60 | 60 | 26.3 | 126 | +11.4% | #584 of 2,229 |
| 10Washington County, MO | 58 | 6 | 6.7 | 422 | +1.6% | #641 of 2,229 |
| 14Ray County, MO | 57 | 12 | 13.2 | 238 | +1.1% | #705 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Ray County
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 Ray County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 real estate businesses in Ray County. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ray County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 62 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ray County, MO spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $123.9M a year, or $13,593 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 2.4 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 9,116 households in Ray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ray County, MO compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Ray County has 13.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 238, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Ray County would have about 29, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Ray County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Ray County at 23,398 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,116 households. Median household income in Ray County is $74,573, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.4%, 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. Ray County scores 57 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #705 of 2,229 scored counties.
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