Real estate · County · North Carolina
Real estate businesses in Gates County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Gates County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $57.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,626 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 10,234
- −2.1% since 2020
See the real estate businesses around any address in Gates County
The site report maps the real estate businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Gates County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Gates County comes to about $57.1M a year: $13,626 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no real estate businesses in Gates County. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Gates County would have about 13, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Gates County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gates County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no real estate businesses on map listings, Gates County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Gates County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Gates County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 37.8 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | n/a | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 378 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,626 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,333 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Gates 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 Gates County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,234−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,192
- Median age
- 47.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $66,333+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,387
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,439
- Daytime population
- 7,594Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Gates County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the real estate businesses on map listings by name and distance.
Or open the report at the center of Gates County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardReal estate across North Carolina
Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Gates County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Duplin County, NC | 78 | 17 | 8.2 | 374 | +6.0% | #52 of 2,229 |
| 2Perquimans County, NC | 76 | 5 | 8.9 | 369 | +3.6% | #80 of 2,229 |
| 3Camden County, NC | 76 | 6 | 15.0 | 244 | +8.8% | #90 of 2,229 |
| 4Yadkin County, NC | 75 | 11 | 7.3 | 445 | +2.9% | #95 of 2,229 |
| 5Hoke County, NC | 75 | 24 | 12.5 | 264 | +9.0% | #106 of 2,229 |
| 6Franklin County, NC | 75 | 37 | 13.0 | 263 | +18.8% | #108 of 2,229 |
| 7Sampson County, NC | 71 | 21 | 9.7 | 312 | +4.1% | #182 of 2,229 |
| 8Person County, NC | 71 | 20 | 12.5 | 264 | +3.7% | #187 of 2,229 |
| 9Davidson County, NC | 70 | 100 | 14.3 | 229 | +6.6% | #208 of 2,229 |
| 10Rowan County, NC | 67 | 75 | 12.7 | 259 | +5.6% | #298 of 2,229 |
| Gates County, NC | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.1% |
Other business types in Gates 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 Gates County, NC?
There are no real estate businesses on map listings in Gates County as of September 2026. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Gates County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gates County, NC spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $57.1M a year, or $13,626 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 4,192 households in Gates County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gates County, NC compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Gates County has no real estate businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Gates County would have about 13, against none on map listings.
How fast is Gates County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Gates County at 10,234 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,192 households. Median household income in Gates County is $66,333, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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. Gates County has no market score for real estate businesses, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Gates County. It maps the real estate businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for real estate businesses · All 56 business types in Gates County
Screening a site or an acquisition in Gates County?
A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.
The button opens the report at the center of Gates County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.