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Real estate businesses in Lane County, OR

How Lane 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,038 of 2,229 scored counties
#24 of 29 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
622
31 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
494
+20.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.7B
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,951 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
101
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
38.8
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
381,584
−0.7% 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

The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Lane County is 31 (lower middle), #2,038 of 2,229 scored counties and #24 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 622 real estate businesses in Lane County. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 38.8, in line with the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Lane County comes to about $2.7B a year: $16,951 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is in line with 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.

Official counts show 494 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Lane County in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019. That is one for every 325 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Lane County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lane County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Lane 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.

Real estate in Lane County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureLane CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households38.840.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)101105100
Households per official establishment325308414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.8%+13.4%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,951$18,335$16,661
Median household income$71,544$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score3142

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
409 → 494+20.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,520
Annual payroll, 2023
$81M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,372Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
62231 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
628The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$1.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
381,584−0.7% since 2020
Households
160,445
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
84
Median household income
$71,544+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,524
Median home value
$430,600
Jobs located here
156,880
Daytime population
382,221Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Lane County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Morrow County, OR75511.6334+3.1%#98 of 2,229
2Jefferson County, OR631820.4195+4.7%#457 of 2,229
3Polk County, OR626419.4217+2.3%#496 of 2,229
4Columbia County, OR585727.2152+2.6%#677 of 2,229
5Crook County, OR573229.7141+10.6%#735 of 2,229
6Malheur County, OR552221.4167+1.9%#826 of 2,229
7Linn County, OR5014428.4138+3.0%#1,084 of 2,229
8Benton County, OR5012131.4132+4.4%#1,087 of 2,229
9Umatilla County, OR477827.2142+1.5%#1,226 of 2,229
10Klamath County, OR467525.9141+0.9%#1,281 of 2,229
24Lane County, OR3162238.8101−0.7%#2,038 of 2,229

Other business types in Lane County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Lane County, OR?

Lane County has 622 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 31 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 494 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019. Another 1,372 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Lane County, OR spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.7B a year, or $16,951 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 622 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is in line with 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 160,445 households in Lane County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lane County, OR compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Lane County has 38.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 101, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Lane County would have about 628, against 622 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 325 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Lane County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Lane County at 381,584 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 160,445 households. The median household income in Lane County is $71,544 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.5% 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. Lane County scores 31 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #2,038 of 2,229 scored counties.

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