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Real estate businesses in Wayne County, MO
How Wayne 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 #1,436 of 2,229 scored counties
#40 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
- $53.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $11,488 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 245
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 72% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,782
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $11,488 per household (31% below the U.S. average), households in Wayne County spend about $53.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.5 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.
Wayne 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 comes to 10.8 for every 10,000 households, 72% 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 Wayne County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wayne County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Wayne County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #1,436 of 2,229 scored counties and #40 of 82 scored counties in Missouri.
How Wayne 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 | Wayne County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 32.9 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 245 | 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 | −1.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $11,488 | $13,809 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $47,226 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 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
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,782−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,623
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 759 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $47,226+37.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $57,410
- Median home value
- $107,400
- Jobs located here
- 1,955
- Daytime population
- 9,019Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Wayne County marked.
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 |
| 40Wayne County, MO | 43 | 5 | 10.8 | 245 | −1.4% | #1,436 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Wayne 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 Wayne County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 real estate businesses in Wayne 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 Wayne County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wayne County, MO spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $53.1M a year, or $11,488 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.5 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 4,623 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, MO compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Wayne County has 10.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 245, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Wayne County would have about 12, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Wayne County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 10,782 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,623 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $47,226, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.6%, 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. Wayne County scores 43 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,436 of 2,229 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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