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Real estate businesses in Steele County, ND
How Steele County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,113 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 263
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 1,797
- −0.1% since 2020
See the real estate businesses around any address in Steele County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 real estate business in Steele County. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households.
Households in Steele County spend about $11.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,113 per household, 15% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Steele County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Steele County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Steele County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Steele County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 27.2 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 263 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 493 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,113 | $14,169 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $77,500 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
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
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Steele 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 Steele County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,797−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 806
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 712 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $77,500
- Average household income
- $96,112
- Median home value
- $130,700
- Jobs located here
- 564
- Daytime population
- 1,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Steele 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.
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Steele County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richland County, ND | 68 | 10 | 14.6 | 223 | +1.2% | #274 of 2,229 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 60 | 20 | 14.3 | 229 | +3.8% | #564 of 2,229 |
| 3Barnes County, ND | 53 | 6 | 12.2 | 250 | −2.7% | #896 of 2,229 |
| 4McKenzie County, ND | 50 | 18 | 30.0 | 123 | +2.8% | #1,098 of 2,229 |
| 5Stutsman County, ND | 46 | 20 | 21.2 | 143 | −0.6% | #1,280 of 2,229 |
| 6Ramsey County, ND | 40 | 10 | 18.5 | 164 | −0.4% | #1,597 of 2,229 |
| 7Williams County, ND | 39 | 39 | 25.7 | 135 | +1.4% | #1,662 of 2,229 |
| 8Stark County, ND | 35 | 43 | 31.8 | 103 | +0.5% | #1,871 of 2,229 |
| 9Burleigh County, ND | 35 | 159 | 38.5 | 89 | +4.7% | #1,877 of 2,229 |
| 10Grand Forks County, ND | 34 | 95 | 30.4 | 104 | +1.9% | #1,922 of 2,229 |
| Steele County, ND | Not scored | 1 | 12.4 | 263 | −0.1% |
Other business types in Steele County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Steele County, ND?
There is 1 real estate business on map listings in Steele 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 Steele County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Steele County, ND spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $11.4M a year, or $14,113 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 806 households in Steele County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Steele County, ND compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Steele County has 1 real estate business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Steele County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Steele County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Steele County at 1,797 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 806 households. The median household income in Steele County is $77,500 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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