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Real estate businesses in Bucks County, PA

How Bucks County, PA 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,470 of 2,229 scored counties
#62 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
1,028
65 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
567
+21.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$5.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $21,164 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
118
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
41.3
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
647,828
+0.3% 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 Bucks County spend about $5.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $21,164 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 18% 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.

Bucks County has 1,028 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 41.3 for every 10,000 households, 7% above 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 Bucks County was 567 in 2023, up 21.2% from 2019. That is one for every 439 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 3,846 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $583K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Bucks County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bucks County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bucks County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #1,470 of 2,229 scored counties and #62 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Bucks County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Bucks County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureBucks CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households41.325.338.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)118165100
Households per official establishment439752414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+21.2%+15.7%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$21,164$18,070$16,661
Median household income$114,764$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score4376

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
468 → 567+21.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,898
Annual payroll, 2023
$124.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
3,846Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,02865 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,218The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$583K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
647,828+0.3% since 2020
Households
249,187
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
605 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,071
Median household income
$114,764+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$150,985
Median home value
$445,700
Jobs located here
282,004
Daytime population
597,342Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Perry County, PA88105.5747+2.1%#1 of 2,229
2Wyoming County, PA8154.6861−0.9%#14 of 2,229
3Adams County, PA815012.2343+3.6%#15 of 2,229
4Schuylkill County, PA807813.5285+1.5%#27 of 2,229
5Fulton County, PA7857.9483−0.6%#43 of 2,229
6Mifflin County, PA78158.14550.0%#45 of 2,229
7Indiana County, PA78288.6427−0.3%#48 of 2,229
8Northumberland County, PA77236.1613−1.8%#62 of 2,229
9Susquehanna County, PA772113.5291−0.3%#70 of 2,229
10Elk County, PA7686.0625−3.3%#75 of 2,229
62Bucks County, PA431,02841.3118+0.3%#1,470 of 2,229

Other business types in Bucks County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Bucks County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,028 real estate businesses in Bucks County. 65 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 567 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 21.2% from 2019. Official counts list 3,846 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bucks County, PA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $5.3B a year, or $21,164 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 1,028 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 18% 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 249,187 households in Bucks County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bucks County, PA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Bucks County has 41.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 118, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Bucks County would have about 1,218, against 1,028 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 439 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Bucks County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Bucks County at 647,828 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,187 households. Median household income in Bucks County is $114,764, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. 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. Bucks County scores 43 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,470 of 2,229 scored counties.

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