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Real estate businesses in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area

How the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #127 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
337
18 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
170
+15.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,657 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
160
60% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.3
52% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
423,678
−1.4% 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

Households in the Youngstown-Warren metro area spend about $2.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $12,657 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 60% 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 Youngstown-Warren metro area has 337 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 18.3 per 10,000 households, 52% 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 the Youngstown-Warren metro area was 170 in 2023, up 15.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,086 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,272 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $124K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Youngstown-Warren metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Youngstown-Warren metro area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Youngstown-Warren metro area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #127 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Youngstown-Warren metro 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 Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureYoungstown-Warren metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.326.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)160122100
Households per official establishment1,086728414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.9%+14.4%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,657$13,878$16,661
Median household income$56,713$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5555

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
170+15.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
594
Annual payroll, 2023
$24.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,272Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
33718 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
539The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$124K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
423,678−1.4% since 2020
Households
184,615
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,029 sq. mi.
People per square mile
415
Median household income
$56,713
Average household income
$76,731
Median home value
$149,000
Jobs located here
155,417
Daytime population
405,091Residents 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 metro areas in Ohio for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Youngstown-Warren metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH6222314.7216−2.6%#73 of 387
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH615911.9254−3.6%#84 of 387
1Springfield, OH618815.7191−0.4%#85 of 387
2Lima, OH616816.5183−1.2%#86 of 387
Wheeling, WV-OH599015.5198−3.6%#97 of 387
3Youngstown-Warren, OH5533718.3160−1.4%#127 of 387
4Mansfield, OH539318.6158−0.1%#149 of 387
5Toledo, OH5257222.5138−1.0%#158 of 387
6Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN522,69629.7115+2.7%#163 of 387
7Canton-Massillon, OH5139223.5132−0.2%#172 of 387

Other business types in the Youngstown-Warren metro area

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 337 real estate businesses in the Youngstown-Warren metro area. 18 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 170 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 15.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,272 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.3B a year, or $12,657 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 337 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 60% 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 184,615 households in the Youngstown-Warren metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

The Youngstown-Warren metro area has 18.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 160, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Youngstown-Warren metro area would have about 539, against 337 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,086 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Youngstown-Warren metro area at 423,678 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 184,615 households. Median household income in the Youngstown-Warren metro area is $56,713, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Youngstown-Warren metro area scores 55 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #127 of 387 scored metro areas.

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