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Real estate businesses in Eddy County, NM
The real estate businesses in Eddy County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #415 of 2,229 scored counties
#7 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 48
- 4 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- +10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $413.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,495 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 199
- 99% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,509
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Eddy County comes to about $413.2M a year: $17,495 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 99% 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.
Eddy County has 48 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 20.3 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Eddy County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,074 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 143 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $492K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Eddy County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Eddy County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Eddy County is 64 (upper middle), #415 of 2,229 scored counties and #7 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Eddy County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Eddy County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 30.5 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 199 | 126 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,074 | 562 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.0% | +15.1% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,495 | $16,591 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $78,426 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 22+10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 66
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 143Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 484 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 95The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $492K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Eddy 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 Eddy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,509+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,620
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,176 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $78,426+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,979
- Median home value
- $212,600
- Jobs located here
- 30,860
- Daytime population
- 65,233Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Eddy County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Torrance County, NM | 85 | 6 | 9.9 | 363 | +6.9% | #6 of 2,229 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 76 | 41 | 14.9 | 248 | +7.2% | #89 of 2,229 |
| 3Rio Arriba County, NM | 75 | 10 | 6.4 | 575 | −1.0% | #93 of 2,229 |
| 4Sandoval County, NM | 74 | 97 | 17.0 | 248 | +6.9% | #131 of 2,229 |
| 5McKinley County, NM | 68 | 15 | 7.0 | 482 | −6.1% | #258 of 2,229 |
| 6Cibola County, NM | 68 | 8 | 9.4 | 366 | −0.6% | #262 of 2,229 |
| 7Eddy County, NM | 64 | 48 | 20.3 | 199 | +0.3% | #415 of 2,229 |
| 8Socorro County, NM | 63 | 5 | 9.5 | 339 | −4.3% | #433 of 2,229 |
| 9San Miguel County, NM | 63 | 15 | 12.6 | 272 | −3.2% | #436 of 2,229 |
| 10Luna County, NM | 62 | 12 | 13.0 | 246 | −0.2% | #489 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Eddy 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 Eddy County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 real estate businesses in Eddy County. 4 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 143 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Eddy County, NM spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $413.2M a year, or $17,495 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 48 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 99% 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 23,620 households in Eddy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Eddy County, NM compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Eddy County has 20.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 199, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Eddy County would have about 95, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,074 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Eddy County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Eddy County at 62,509 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,620 households. Median household income in Eddy County is $78,426, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.1%, 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. Eddy County scores 64 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #415 of 2,229 scored counties.
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