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Real estate businesses in Holt County, NE

How Holt County, NE 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #858 of 2,229 scored counties
#11 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$53.6M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,244 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
206
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.8
62% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,067
−0.3% 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 6 real estate businesses in Holt County. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 14.8 per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Holt County comes to about $53.6M a year: $13,244 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.1 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Holt County in 2023. That is one for every 1,350 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 39 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Holt County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, Holt County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #858 of 2,229 scored counties and #11 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska.

How Holt County compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Holt County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureHolt CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.827.138.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)206121100
Households per official establishment1,350471414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.9%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,244$14,176$16,661
Median household income$68,513$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score5452

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$105K
One-person businesses, 2023
39Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 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 Holt 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 Holt County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,067−0.3% since 2020
Households
4,050
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
2,412 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$68,513+13.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,600
Median home value
$165,100
Jobs located here
4,132
Daytime population
11,812Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Nebraska

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

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Saunders County, NE7255.6614+6.0%#150 of 2,229
2Cass County, NE68109.2380+3.9%#260 of 2,229
3Seward County, NE67710.3320+2.3%#289 of 2,229
4Sarpy County, NE6214219.2191+9.0%#502 of 2,229
5Custer County, NE59613.32310.0%#606 of 2,229
6Otoe County, NE591015.7208+3.9%#616 of 2,229
7Saline County, NE59815.6208+1.9%#617 of 2,229
8Washington County, NE581315.4228+1.8%#650 of 2,229
9Gage County, NE551111.8259+0.2%#805 of 2,229
10Dawson County, NE551920.8151+1.5%#832 of 2,229
11Holt County, NE54614.8206−0.3%#858 of 2,229

Other business types in Holt County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Holt County, NE?

There are 6 real estate businesses on map listings in Holt County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 39 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Holt County, NE spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $53.6M a year, or $13,244 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.1 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 4,050 households in Holt County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Holt County, NE compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Holt County has 14.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 206, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Holt County would have about 12, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,350 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Holt County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Holt County at 10,067 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,050 households. The median household income in Holt County is $68,513 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.5% 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. Holt County scores 54 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #858 of 2,229 scored counties.

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