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Real estate businesses in Crawford County, PA

The real estate businesses in Crawford County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #341 of 2,229 scored counties
#43 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
56
1 chain location (2%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$536.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,853 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
221
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.5
57% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,792
−2.4% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Crawford County comes to about $536.4M a year: $15,853 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.2 times 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.

Crawford County has 56 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That is 16.5 per 10,000 households, 57% 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 Crawford County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 2,417 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 136 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $75K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Crawford County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crawford County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #341 of 2,229 scored counties and #43 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Crawford 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 Crawford County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.525.338.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)221165100
Households per official establishment2,417752414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.7%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,853$18,070$16,661
Median household income$60,476$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6676

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 14
Employees, 2023
39
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
136Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
561 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
124The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$75K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
81,792−2.4% since 2020
Households
33,838
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,012 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$60,476+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,870
Median home value
$153,200
Jobs located here
28,045
Daytime population
77,378Residents 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 Crawford 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
43Crawford County, PA665616.5221−2.4%#341 of 2,229

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 real estate businesses in Crawford County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 136 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $536.4M a year, or $15,853 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 56 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.2 times 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 33,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Crawford County has 16.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 221, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Crawford County would have about 124, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,417 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 81,792 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $60,476, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.2%, 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. Crawford County scores 66 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #341 of 2,229 scored counties.

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