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Real estate businesses in the Seneca Falls, NY area

How the Seneca Falls, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 81 out of 100: High

Ranked #3 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$226.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,643 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
475
4.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.1
79% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,883
−1.7% 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

The Seneca Falls area scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #3 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for real estate businesses.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Seneca Falls area comes to about $226.4M a year: $16,643 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 4.8 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.

The Seneca Falls area has 11 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Seneca Falls area in 2023. That is one for every 4,535 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Seneca Falls area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Seneca Falls area 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 Seneca Falls, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSeneca Falls areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.131.838.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)475138100
Households per official establishment4,535456414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.7%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,643$19,048$16,661
Median household income$68,089$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score8161

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$222K
One-person businesses, 2023
62Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
52The 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 the Seneca Falls 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 Seneca Falls area

Population, 2025 estimate
32,883−1.7% since 2020
Households
13,606
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
324 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$68,089+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,874
Median home value
$155,400
Jobs located here
11,145
Daytime population
30,768Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New York for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in New York, with the Seneca Falls area marked.

Top small-town markets in New York

Small-town markets 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
1Seneca Falls, NY81118.1475−1.7%#3 of 536
2Batavia, NY81228.8444+0.2%#4 of 536
3Corning, NY784712.0321−1.6%#17 of 536
4Amsterdam, NY773015.3249+1.1%#20 of 536
5Massena-Ogdensburg, NY764911.8319−2.5%#24 of 536
6Auburn, NY764313.6284−2.3%#25 of 536
7Olean, NY743711.6314−2.1%#33 of 536
8Cortland, NY692613.7284−1.9%#53 of 536
9Gloversville, NY664017.5218−1.6%#78 of 536
10Plattsburgh, NY646920.6191−2.0%#94 of 536

Other business types in the Seneca Falls area

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in the Seneca Falls, NY area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 real estate businesses in the Seneca Falls area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 62 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Seneca Falls, NY area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $226.4M a year, or $16,643 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 11 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 4.8 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,606 households in the Seneca Falls area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Seneca Falls, NY area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

The Seneca Falls area has 8.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 475, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Seneca Falls area would have about 52, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,535 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is the Seneca Falls, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Seneca Falls area at 32,883 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,606 households. Median household income in the Seneca Falls area is $68,089, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. 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 Seneca Falls area scores 81 for real estate businesses (high), #3 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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