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Real estate businesses in the Tiffin, OH area

How the Tiffin, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #180 of 536 scored small-town markets
#13 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
40
4 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$291.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,085 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
168
68% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.0
53% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,522
−1.0% 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 the Tiffin area comes to about $291.5M a year: $13,085 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 68% 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.

The Tiffin area has 40 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.0, 53% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Tiffin area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 7,426 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 115 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in the Tiffin area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Tiffin area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #180 of 536 scored small-town markets and #13 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.

How the Tiffin area 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 Tiffin, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureTiffin areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.026.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)168122100
Households per official establishment7,426728414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.4%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,085$13,878$16,661
Median household income$66,025$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5655

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
1
Annual payroll, 2023
$62K
One-person businesses, 2023
115Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
404 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
67The 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 the Tiffin area, 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 the Tiffin area

Population, 2025 estimate
54,522−1.0% since 2020
Households
22,279
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
551 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$66,025+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,475
Median home value
$154,700
Jobs located here
18,247
Daytime population
47,872Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Tiffin area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Sidney, OH673116.4196−0.2%#66 of 536
2Celina, OH672716.5191+0.5%#67 of 536
3Van Wert, OH65108.7352+0.3%#82 of 536
4Gallipolis, OH641311.2259−0.5%#91 of 536
5Wilmington, OH642615.5201+0.6%#92 of 536
6Urbana, OH642918.5170+0.2%#96 of 536
7Bucyrus, OH632212.2239−0.3%#99 of 536
8Coshocton, OH632214.9193+1.6%#103 of 536
9Fremont, OH613413.8217−0.4%#119 of 536
10Marion, OH603514.2207−0.4%#130 of 536
13Tiffin, OH564018.0168−1.0%#180 of 536

Other business types in the Tiffin area

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in the Tiffin, OH area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 real estate businesses in the Tiffin area. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 115 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Tiffin, OH area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $291.5M a year, or $13,085 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 40 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 68% 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 22,279 households in the Tiffin area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Tiffin, OH area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

The Tiffin area has 18.0 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 168, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Tiffin area would have about 67, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,426 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is the Tiffin, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Tiffin area at 54,522 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,279 households. Median household income in the Tiffin area is $66,025, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Tiffin area scores 56 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #180 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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