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Real estate businesses in Chemung County, NY

How Chemung County, NY 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #272 of 2,229 scored counties
#25 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
57
2 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$580.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,452 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
235
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.2
58% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,415
−3.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 57 real estate businesses in Chemung County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 4%, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.2, 58% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

At $16,452 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Chemung County spend about $580.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.4 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 15 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Chemung County in 2023. That is one for every 2,351 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 198 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Chemung County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Chemung County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #272 of 2,229 scored counties and #25 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Chemung County compares

The same measures for New York 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 Chemung County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureChemung CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.231.838.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)235138100
Households per official establishment2,351456414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.7%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.9%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,452$19,048$16,661
Median household income$63,716$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6861

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 15
Employees, 2023
89
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
198Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
572 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
134The 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 Chemung 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 Chemung County

Population, 2025 estimate
80,415−3.9% since 2020
Households
35,262
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
407 sq. mi.
People per square mile
202
Median household income
$63,716+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,374
Median home value
$141,100
Jobs located here
31,723
Daytime population
81,216Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in New York, with Chemung County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Schoharie County, NY821410.9362+1.4%#13 of 2,229
2Schenectady County, NY819914.8281+3.0%#16 of 2,229
3Allegany County, NY801910.7345+0.9%#21 of 2,229
4Tioga County, NY79157.4543−1.9%#33 of 2,229
5Genesee County, NY79228.8444+0.2%#38 of 2,229
6Wayne County, NY79359.1434+0.1%#39 of 2,229
7Seneca County, NY78118.1475−1.7%#44 of 2,229
8Oswego County, NY785311.2347+1.0%#53 of 2,229
9Lewis County, NY781311.7325−0.3%#54 of 2,229
10Wyoming County, NY76148.5454−1.3%#77 of 2,229
25Chemung County, NY685716.2235−3.9%#272 of 2,229

Other business types in Chemung County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Chemung County, NY?

Chemung County has 57 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 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 15 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 198 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Chemung County, NY spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $580.1M a year, or $16,452 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 57 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.4 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 35,262 households in Chemung County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chemung County, NY compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Chemung County has 16.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 235, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Chemung County would have about 134, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,351 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Chemung County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Chemung County at 80,415 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,262 households. The median household income in Chemung County is $63,716 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.0% 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. Chemung County scores 68 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #272 of 2,229 scored counties.

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