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Real estate businesses in Merrick County, NE
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Merrick County, NE, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,186 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 163
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.7
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,905
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Merrick County comes to about $42.3M a year: $13,186 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 63% above 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.
Merrick County has 6 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 18.7 for every 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Merrick County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 801 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Merrick County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Merrick 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.
| Measure | Merrick County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.7 | 27.1 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 163 | 121 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 801 | 471 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.9% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,186 | $14,176 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,354 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Merrick 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 Merrick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,905+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 3,205
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 488 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $68,354
- Average household income
- $88,303
- Median home value
- $175,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,446
- Daytime population
- 6,386Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saunders County, NE | 72 | 5 | 5.6 | 614 | +6.0% | #150 of 2,229 |
| 2Cass County, NE | 68 | 10 | 9.2 | 380 | +3.9% | #260 of 2,229 |
| 3Seward County, NE | 67 | 7 | 10.3 | 320 | +2.3% | #289 of 2,229 |
| 4Sarpy County, NE | 62 | 142 | 19.2 | 191 | +9.0% | #502 of 2,229 |
| 5Custer County, NE | 59 | 6 | 13.3 | 231 | 0.0% | #606 of 2,229 |
| 6Otoe County, NE | 59 | 10 | 15.7 | 208 | +3.9% | #616 of 2,229 |
| 7Saline County, NE | 59 | 8 | 15.6 | 208 | +1.9% | #617 of 2,229 |
| 8Washington County, NE | 58 | 13 | 15.4 | 228 | +1.8% | #650 of 2,229 |
| 9Gage County, NE | 55 | 11 | 11.8 | 259 | +0.2% | #805 of 2,229 |
| 10Dawson County, NE | 55 | 19 | 20.8 | 151 | +1.5% | #832 of 2,229 |
| Merrick County, NE | Not scored | 6 | 18.7 | 163 | +3.3% |
Other business types in Merrick County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Merrick County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 real estate businesses in Merrick County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Merrick County, NE spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $42.3M a year, or $13,186 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 63% above 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 3,205 households in Merrick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Merrick County, NE compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Merrick County has 18.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 163, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Merrick County would have about 10, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 801 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Merrick County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Merrick County at 7,905 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,205 households. Median household income in Merrick County is $68,354, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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