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Real estate businesses in Monroe County, OH

How Monroe County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$72.3M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,792 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
556
5.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
86% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,994
−2.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 real estate businesses in Monroe County. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 86% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

At $12,792 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Monroe County spend about $72.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 5.6 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Monroe County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Monroe County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 real estate businesses on map listings, Monroe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Monroe 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.

Real estate in Monroe County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMonroe CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.326.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)556122100
Households per official establishmentn/a728414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.4%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,792$13,878$16,661
Median household income$60,134$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

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
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,994−2.7% since 2020
Households
5,651
Median age
45.3
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
456 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$60,134+32.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,909
Median home value
$142,700
Jobs located here
2,776
Daytime population
11,158Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Monroe County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Holmes County, OH76139.7341+1.7%#82 of 2,229
2Putnam County, OH75129.13650.0%#97 of 2,229
3Henry County, OH71119.6335−0.2%#178 of 2,229
4Madison County, OH703421.7156+7.1%#218 of 2,229
5Brown County, OH662112.3252+1.6%#335 of 2,229
6Perry County, OH661813.4230+1.3%#338 of 2,229
7Pickaway County, OH664420.1160+7.4%#356 of 2,229
8Fulton County, OH652213.0248−1.9%#371 of 2,229
9Hardin County, OH6497.7393−2.1%#390 of 2,229
10Clermont County, OH6413816.2210+3.9%#412 of 2,229
Monroe County, OHNot scored35.3556−2.7%

Other business types in Monroe County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Monroe County, OH?

Monroe County has 3 real estate businesses on map listings 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 Monroe County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Monroe County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $72.3M a year, or $12,792 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 5.6 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,651 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Monroe County, OH compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Monroe County has 5.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 86% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 556, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Monroe County would have about 17, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Monroe County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Monroe County at 12,994 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,651 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $60,134 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.8% 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. Monroe County has no market score for real estate businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Monroe 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 Monroe County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Monroe County?

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