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Real estate businesses in Glacier County, MT

How Glacier County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$63.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,797 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
489
4.9 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.0
82% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,463
−2.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 real estate businesses in Glacier County. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.0, 82% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Glacier County comes to about $63.5M a year: $14,797 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 4.9 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Glacier County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Glacier County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 real estate businesses on map listings, Glacier County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Glacier County compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Glacier County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureGlacier CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.046.938.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)48985100
Households per official establishmentn/a260414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.1%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,797$17,303$16,661
Median household income$46,875$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored32

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
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Glacier 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 Glacier County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,463−2.0% since 2020
Households
4,291
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,995 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$46,875+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,150
Median home value
$165,100
Jobs located here
3,810
Daytime population
13,755Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Richland County, MT69613.6303−1.3%#224 of 2,229
2Custer County, MT59917.9214+1.5%#613 of 2,229
3Sanders County, MT571323.8151+12.9%#729 of 2,229
4Fergus County, MT551528.3131+3.1%#839 of 2,229
5Carbon County, MT471736.4113+9.1%#1,241 of 2,229
6Lake County, MT464737.4102+6.9%#1,315 of 2,229
7Hill County, MT441625.8138−0.5%#1,394 of 2,229
8Lincoln County, MT413639.687+13.1%#1,586 of 2,229
9Cascade County, MT3913036.5106+0.7%#1,685 of 2,229
10Yellowstone County, MT3932045.890+4.5%#1,693 of 2,229
Glacier County, MTNot scored37.0489−2.0%

Other business types in Glacier County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Glacier County, MT?

Glacier County has 3 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Glacier County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Glacier County, MT spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $63.5M a year, or $14,797 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 4.9 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,291 households in Glacier County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Glacier County, MT compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Glacier 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 489, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Glacier County would have about 15, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Glacier County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Glacier County at 13,463 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,291 households. The median household income in Glacier County is $46,875 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. Glacier County has no market score for real estate businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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