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Real estate businesses in Clinton County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Clinton County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #656 of 2,229 scored counties
#23 of 85 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 26
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $226.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,493 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 201
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.5
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,301
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 real estate businesses in Clinton County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 19%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 15.5 per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Clinton County comes to about $226.2M a year: $13,493 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is twice 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Clinton County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,524 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 117 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Clinton County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Clinton County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #656 of 2,229 scored counties and #23 of 85 scored counties in Ohio.
How Clinton County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Clinton County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.5 | 26.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 201 | 122 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,524 | 728 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.4% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,493 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $70,407 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $774K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 117Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 265 chain locations
- 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,301+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 16,761
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 103
- Median household income
- $70,407+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,775
- Median home value
- $211,900
- Jobs located here
- 19,070
- Daytime population
- 42,081Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Clinton County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holmes County, OH | 76 | 13 | 9.7 | 341 | +1.7% | #82 of 2,229 |
| 2Putnam County, OH | 75 | 12 | 9.1 | 365 | 0.0% | #97 of 2,229 |
| 3Henry County, OH | 71 | 11 | 9.6 | 335 | −0.2% | #178 of 2,229 |
| 4Madison County, OH | 70 | 34 | 21.7 | 156 | +7.1% | #218 of 2,229 |
| 5Brown County, OH | 66 | 21 | 12.3 | 252 | +1.6% | #335 of 2,229 |
| 6Perry County, OH | 66 | 18 | 13.4 | 230 | +1.3% | #338 of 2,229 |
| 7Pickaway County, OH | 66 | 44 | 20.1 | 160 | +7.4% | #356 of 2,229 |
| 8Fulton County, OH | 65 | 22 | 13.0 | 248 | −1.9% | #371 of 2,229 |
| 9Hardin County, OH | 64 | 9 | 7.7 | 393 | −2.1% | #390 of 2,229 |
| 10Clermont County, OH | 64 | 138 | 16.2 | 210 | +3.9% | #412 of 2,229 |
| 23Clinton County, OH | 58 | 26 | 15.5 | 201 | +0.6% | #656 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Clinton 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 Clinton County, OH?
There are 26 real estate businesses on map listings in Clinton County as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 117 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clinton County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $226.2M a year, or $13,493 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 26 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is twice 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 16,761 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clinton County, OH compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Clinton County has 15.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 201, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Clinton County would have about 52, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,524 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Clinton County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Clinton County at 42,301 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,761 households. The median household income in Clinton County is $70,407 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.3% 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. Clinton County scores 58 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #656 of 2,229 scored counties.
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