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Real estate businesses in Ste. Genevieve County, MO

The real estate businesses in Ste. Genevieve County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #324 of 2,229 scored counties
#3 of 82 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$96.8M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,568 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
447
4.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.0
82% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,689
+1.1% 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

At $13,568 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Ste. Genevieve County spend about $96.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 4.5 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.

Ste. Genevieve County has 5 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 7.0 per 10,000 households, 82% 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 Ste. Genevieve County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 61 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Ste. Genevieve County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Ste. Genevieve County is 66 (upper middle), #324 of 2,229 scored counties and #3 of 82 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Ste. Genevieve 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 Ste. Genevieve County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureSte. Genevieve CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.032.938.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)44797100
Households per official establishmentn/a540414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.3%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,568$13,809$16,661
Median household income$66,339$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score6637

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
61Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Ste. Genevieve 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 Ste. Genevieve County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,689+1.1% since 2020
Households
7,137
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
499 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$66,339+10.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,259
Median home value
$222,200
Jobs located here
6,268
Daytime population
16,178Residents 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 Ste. Genevieve 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

Other business types in Ste. Genevieve County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Ste. Genevieve County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 real estate businesses in Ste. Genevieve County. None of them 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 Ste. Genevieve County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 61 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Ste. Genevieve County, MO spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $96.8M a year, or $13,568 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 4.5 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 7,137 households in Ste. Genevieve County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ste. Genevieve County has 7.0 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 82% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 447, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Ste. Genevieve County would have about 22, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Ste. Genevieve County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Ste. Genevieve County at 18,689 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,137 households. Median household income in Ste. Genevieve County is $66,339, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.3%, 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. Ste. Genevieve County scores 66 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #324 of 2,229 scored counties.

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