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Real estate businesses in Warren County, OH

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #995 of 2,229 scored counties
#49 of 85 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
269
22 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
187
+33.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.5B
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,603 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
131
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
29.2
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
257,181
+5.7% 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

At $16,603 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Warren County spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 31% 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.

Warren County has 269 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.2, 24% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Warren County was 187 in 2023, up 33.6% from 2019. That is one for every 492 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 1,209 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $430K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Warren County.

Population estimates put the population change in Warren County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Warren County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #995 of 2,229 scored counties and #49 of 85 scored counties in Ohio.

How Warren 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 Warren County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureWarren CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households29.226.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)131122100
Households per official establishment492728414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+33.6%+14.4%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,603$13,878$16,661
Median household income$110,132$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5255

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
140 → 187+33.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
576
Annual payroll, 2023
$35.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,209Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
26922 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
353The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$430K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Warren 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 Warren County

Population, 2025 estimate
257,181+5.7% since 2020
Households
92,052
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
401 sq. mi.
People per square mile
623
Median household income
$110,132+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$145,201
Median home value
$349,400
Jobs located here
104,407
Daytime population
237,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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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
49Warren County, OH5226929.2131+5.7%#995 of 2,229

Other business types in Warren County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 269 real estate businesses in Warren County. 22 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 187 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 33.6% from 2019. Another 1,209 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $1.5B a year, or $16,603 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 269 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 31% 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 92,052 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Warren County has 29.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 131, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Warren County would have about 353, against 269 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 492 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 33.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Warren County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Warren County at 257,181 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 92,052 households. Median household income in Warren County is $110,132, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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. Warren County scores 52 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #995 of 2,229 scored counties.

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