Real estate · Small-town market · New Hampshire
Real estate businesses in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area
The real estate businesses in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #284 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 276
- 11 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 177
- +8.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.7B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,430 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 141
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.1
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 224,500
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Lebanon-Claremont area spend about $1.7B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $18,430 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 41% 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.
There are 276 real estate businesses on map listings in the Lebanon-Claremont area as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 4%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 30.1 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 177 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Lebanon-Claremont area in 2023, up 8.0% from 2019. That is one for every 518 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 1,015 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $610K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Lebanon-Claremont area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lebanon-Claremont area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lebanon-Claremont area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #284 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire.
How the Lebanon-Claremont area compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Lebanon-Claremont area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.1 | 40.9 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 141 | 112 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 518 | 618 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.0% | +4.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,430 | $19,755 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $83,269 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 177+8.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 695
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,015Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 27611 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 390The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $610K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Lebanon-Claremont area, 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 the Lebanon-Claremont area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 224,500+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 91,760
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,903 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $83,269
- Average household income
- $114,219
- Median home value
- $301,900
- Jobs located here
- 102,545
- Daytime population
- 223,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keene, NH | 64 | 74 | 24.2 | 174 | +2.3% | #95 of 536 |
| 2Concord, NH | 54 | 225 | 36.9 | 121 | +2.6% | #220 of 536 |
| 3Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 49 | 276 | 30.1 | 141 | +1.5% | #284 of 536 |
| 4Laconia, NH | 42 | 127 | 48.2 | 90 | +2.1% | #370 of 536 |
Other business types in the Lebanon-Claremont area
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 the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 276 real estate businesses in the Lebanon-Claremont area. 11 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 177 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 8.0% from 2019. Official counts list 1,015 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.7B a year, or $18,430 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 276 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 41% 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 91,760 households in the Lebanon-Claremont area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Lebanon-Claremont area has 30.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 141, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Lebanon-Claremont area would have about 390, against 276 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 518 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Lebanon-Claremont area at 224,500 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 91,760 households. Median household income in the Lebanon-Claremont area is $83,269, 3% above 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Lebanon-Claremont area scores 49 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #284 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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