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Real estate businesses in Humboldt County, NV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Humboldt County, NV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #841 of 2,229 scored counties
#4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 22
- 2 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $119.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,261 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 125
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.8
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,267
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 real estate businesses in Humboldt County. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That is 31.8 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Humboldt County comes to about $119.3M a year: $17,261 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 25% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Humboldt County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 1,382 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 54 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Humboldt County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Humboldt County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #841 of 2,229 scored counties and #4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Humboldt County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Humboldt County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.8 | 57.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 125 | 72 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,382 | 310 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.0% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,261 | $17,879 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $81,073 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $450K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 54Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 222 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Humboldt 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 Humboldt County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,2670.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,911
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 9,641 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $81,073+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,890
- Median home value
- $278,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,951
- Daytime population
- 16,323Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Churchill County, NV | 73 | 17 | 17.9 | 226 | +1.1% | #146 of 2,229 |
| 2Lyon County, NV | 71 | 61 | 25.7 | 157 | +9.5% | #197 of 2,229 |
| 3Nye County, NV | 59 | 53 | 23.9 | 157 | +10.3% | #633 of 2,229 |
| 4Humboldt County, NV | 55 | 22 | 31.8 | 125 | 0.0% | #841 of 2,229 |
| 5Elko County, NV | 47 | 71 | 36.2 | 114 | +2.1% | #1,239 of 2,229 |
| 6Clark County, NV | 38 | 5,140 | 59.6 | 69 | +5.8% | #1,752 of 2,229 |
| 7Washoe County, NV | 37 | 1,268 | 63.6 | 68 | +4.4% | #1,817 of 2,229 |
| 8Carson City, NV | 31 | 123 | 51.9 | 77 | −0.2% | #2,049 of 2,229 |
| 9Douglas County, NV | 31 | 129 | 60.5 | 73 | +1.2% | #2,051 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Humboldt 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 Humboldt County, NV?
There are 22 real estate businesses on map listings in Humboldt County as of September 2026. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 54 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Humboldt County, NV spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $119.3M a year, or $17,261 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 22 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 25% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,911 households in Humboldt County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Humboldt County, NV compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Humboldt County has 31.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 125, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Humboldt County would have about 28, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,382 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Humboldt County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Humboldt County at 17,267 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,911 households. The median household income in Humboldt County is $81,073 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.7% 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. Humboldt County scores 55 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #841 of 2,229 scored counties.
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