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Real estate businesses in Deschutes County, OR
How Deschutes County, OR 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,821 of 2,229 scored counties
#20 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 660
- 36 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 577
- +18.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,232 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 57
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 77.7
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 213,072
- +6.8% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Deschutes County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,821 of 2,229 scored counties and #20 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 660 real estate businesses in Deschutes County. Of those, 36 are chain locations, or 5%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 77.7 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Deschutes County comes to about $1.6B a year: $19,232 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 43% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 577 businesses with payroll in Deschutes County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 18.2% from 2019. That is one for every 147 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $4.8M have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Deschutes County. Population estimates put the population change in Deschutes County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Deschutes County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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.
| Measure | Deschutes County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 77.7 | 40.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 57 | 105 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 147 | 308 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.2% | +13.4% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.8% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,232 | $18,335 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $92,758 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 488 → 577+18.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,232
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $72.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,620Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 66036 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 377The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $4.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Deschutes 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 Deschutes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 213,072+6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 84,933
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,018 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $92,758+38.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,342
- Median home value
- $650,900
- Jobs located here
- 90,452
- Daytime population
- 205,098Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Deschutes County marked.
Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morrow County, OR | 75 | 5 | 11.6 | 334 | +3.1% | #98 of 2,229 |
| 2Jefferson County, OR | 63 | 18 | 20.4 | 195 | +4.7% | #457 of 2,229 |
| 3Polk County, OR | 62 | 64 | 19.4 | 217 | +2.3% | #496 of 2,229 |
| 4Columbia County, OR | 58 | 57 | 27.2 | 152 | +2.6% | #677 of 2,229 |
| 5Crook County, OR | 57 | 32 | 29.7 | 141 | +10.6% | #735 of 2,229 |
| 6Malheur County, OR | 55 | 22 | 21.4 | 167 | +1.9% | #826 of 2,229 |
| 7Linn County, OR | 50 | 144 | 28.4 | 138 | +3.0% | #1,084 of 2,229 |
| 8Benton County, OR | 50 | 121 | 31.4 | 132 | +4.4% | #1,087 of 2,229 |
| 9Umatilla County, OR | 47 | 78 | 27.2 | 142 | +1.5% | #1,226 of 2,229 |
| 10Klamath County, OR | 46 | 75 | 25.9 | 141 | +0.9% | #1,281 of 2,229 |
| 20Deschutes County, OR | 37 | 660 | 77.7 | 57 | +6.8% | #1,821 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Deschutes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in Deschutes County, OR?
Deschutes County has 660 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 36 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 577 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019. Another 1,620 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Deschutes County, OR spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.6B a year, or $19,232 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 660 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 43% below 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 84,933 households in Deschutes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Deschutes County, OR compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Deschutes County has 77.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 57, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Deschutes County would have about 377, against 660 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 147 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Deschutes County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Deschutes County at 213,072 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,933 households. The median household income in Deschutes County is $92,758 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.4% 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. Deschutes County scores 37 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,821 of 2,229 scored counties.
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