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Real estate businesses in Sandusky County, OH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Sandusky County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #707 of 2,229 scored counties
#25 of 85 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
34
3 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$320.2M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,970 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
217
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.8
64% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
58,655
−0.4% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Sandusky County comes to about $320.2M a year: $12,970 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.2 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.

Sandusky County has 34 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 13.8 for every 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Sandusky County in 2023. That is one for every 2,469 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 149 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Sandusky County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Sandusky County is 57 (upper middle), #707 of 2,229 scored counties and #25 of 85 scored counties in Ohio.

How Sandusky 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 Sandusky County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureSandusky CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.826.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)217122100
Households per official establishment2,469728414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.4%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,970$13,878$16,661
Median household income$62,295$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5755

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 10
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$706K
One-person businesses, 2023
149Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
343 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
74The 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 Sandusky 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 Sandusky County

Population, 2025 estimate
58,655−0.4% since 2020
Households
24,686
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
408 sq. mi.
People per square mile
144
Median household income
$62,295+15.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,613
Median home value
$160,700
Jobs located here
26,036
Daytime population
55,882Residents 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 Sandusky 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
25Sandusky County, OH573413.8217−0.4%#707 of 2,229

Other business types in Sandusky County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 real estate businesses in Sandusky County. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 149 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $320.2M a year, or $12,970 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 34 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.2 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,686 households in Sandusky County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sandusky County has 13.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 217, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Sandusky County would have about 74, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,469 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Sandusky County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Sandusky County at 58,655 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,686 households. Median household income in Sandusky County is $62,295, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.2%, 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. Sandusky County scores 57 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #707 of 2,229 scored counties.

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