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Real estate businesses in St. Lawrence County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in St. Lawrence County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #138 of 2,229 scored counties
#15 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 49
- 5 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $677.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,264 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 319
- 3.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,488
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, St. Lawrence County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #138 of 2,229 scored counties and #15 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in St. Lawrence County comes to about $677.6M a year: $16,264 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3.2 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.
There are 49 real estate businesses on map listings in St. Lawrence County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.8, 69% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in St. Lawrence County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 2,778 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in St. Lawrence County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How St. Lawrence 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.
| Measure | St. Lawrence County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 31.8 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 319 | 138 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,778 | 456 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.7% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,264 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $62,850 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 217Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 495 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 156The 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 St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,488−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 41,666
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,680 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $62,850+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,668
- Median home value
- $121,900
- Jobs located here
- 32,561
- Daytime population
- 102,579Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in New York, with St. Lawrence County marked.
Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Schoharie County, NY | 82 | 14 | 10.9 | 362 | +1.4% | #13 of 2,229 |
| 2Schenectady County, NY | 81 | 99 | 14.8 | 281 | +3.0% | #16 of 2,229 |
| 3Allegany County, NY | 80 | 19 | 10.7 | 345 | +0.9% | #21 of 2,229 |
| 4Tioga County, NY | 79 | 15 | 7.4 | 543 | −1.9% | #33 of 2,229 |
| 5Genesee County, NY | 79 | 22 | 8.8 | 444 | +0.2% | #38 of 2,229 |
| 6Wayne County, NY | 79 | 35 | 9.1 | 434 | +0.1% | #39 of 2,229 |
| 7Seneca County, NY | 78 | 11 | 8.1 | 475 | −1.7% | #44 of 2,229 |
| 8Oswego County, NY | 78 | 53 | 11.2 | 347 | +1.0% | #53 of 2,229 |
| 9Lewis County, NY | 78 | 13 | 11.7 | 325 | −0.3% | #54 of 2,229 |
| 10Wyoming County, NY | 76 | 14 | 8.5 | 454 | −1.3% | #77 of 2,229 |
| 15St. Lawrence County, NY | 73 | 49 | 11.8 | 319 | −2.5% | #138 of 2,229 |
Other business types in St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County, NY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 real estate businesses in St. Lawrence County. 5 of them (10%) 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 also show 217 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Lawrence County, NY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $677.6M a year, or $16,264 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 49 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.2 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 41,666 households in St. Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Lawrence County, NY compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
St. Lawrence County has 11.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 319, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, St. Lawrence County would have about 156, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,778 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Lawrence County, NY growing?
Population estimates put St. Lawrence County at 105,488 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,666 households. Median household income in St. Lawrence County is $62,850, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. St. Lawrence County scores 73 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #138 of 2,229 scored counties.
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