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Real estate businesses in Medina County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Medina County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,230 of 2,229 scored counties
#59 of 85 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 196
- 10 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 106
- +11.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,426 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 133
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.8
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 185,025
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Medina County comes to about $1.1B a year: $15,426 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 33% above 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.
Medina County has 196 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 26.8 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 106 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Medina County in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 689 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 951 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $803K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Medina County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Medina County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Medina County is 47 (lower middle), #1,230 of 2,229 scored counties and #59 of 85 scored counties in Ohio.
How Medina 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 | Medina County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.8 | 26.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 133 | 122 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 689 | 728 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.6% | +14.4% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,426 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $94,968 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 95 → 106+11.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 246
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 951Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19610 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 260The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $803K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Medina 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 Medina County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 185,025+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 73,086
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 422 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 436
- Median household income
- $94,968+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,431
- Median home value
- $287,000
- Jobs located here
- 62,633
- Daytime population
- 155,601Residents 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 Medina 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 |
| 59Medina County, OH | 47 | 196 | 26.8 | 133 | +1.3% | #1,230 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Medina 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 Medina County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 196 real estate businesses in Medina County. 10 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 106 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. Official counts list 951 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Medina County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.1B a year, or $15,426 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 196 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 33% above 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 73,086 households in Medina County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Medina County, OH compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Medina County has 26.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 133, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Medina County would have about 260, against 196 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 689 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Medina County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Medina County at 185,025 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,086 households. Median household income in Medina County is $94,968, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Medina County scores 47 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,230 of 2,229 scored counties.
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