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Real estate businesses in Lackawanna County, PA
How Lackawanna 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #456 of 2,229 scored counties
#48 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 170
- 8 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 89
- +34.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,753 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 201
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 216,502
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 170 real estate businesses in Lackawanna County. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 19.3 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $16,753 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Lackawanna County spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is twice 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 89 businesses with payroll in Lackawanna County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 34.9% from 2019. That is one for every 992 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 789 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $173K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Lackawanna County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lackawanna County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Lackawanna County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #456 of 2,229 scored counties and #48 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lackawanna 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.
| Measure | Lackawanna County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 25.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 201 | 165 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 992 | 752 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +34.9% | +15.7% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,753 | $18,070 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,223 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 66 → 89+34.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 212
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 789Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1708 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 341The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $173K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 216,502+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 88,263
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 459 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 471
- Median household income
- $66,223+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,204
- Median home value
- $201,800
- Jobs located here
- 97,186
- Daytime population
- 217,834Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Lackawanna County marked.
Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Perry County, PA | 88 | 10 | 5.5 | 747 | +2.1% | #1 of 2,229 |
| 2Wyoming County, PA | 81 | 5 | 4.6 | 861 | −0.9% | #14 of 2,229 |
| 3Adams County, PA | 81 | 50 | 12.2 | 343 | +3.6% | #15 of 2,229 |
| 4Schuylkill County, PA | 80 | 78 | 13.5 | 285 | +1.5% | #27 of 2,229 |
| 5Fulton County, PA | 78 | 5 | 7.9 | 483 | −0.6% | #43 of 2,229 |
| 6Mifflin County, PA | 78 | 15 | 8.1 | 455 | 0.0% | #45 of 2,229 |
| 7Indiana County, PA | 78 | 28 | 8.6 | 427 | −0.3% | #48 of 2,229 |
| 8Northumberland County, PA | 77 | 23 | 6.1 | 613 | −1.8% | #62 of 2,229 |
| 9Susquehanna County, PA | 77 | 21 | 13.5 | 291 | −0.3% | #70 of 2,229 |
| 10Elk County, PA | 76 | 8 | 6.0 | 625 | −3.3% | #75 of 2,229 |
| 48Lackawanna County, PA | 63 | 170 | 19.3 | 201 | +0.5% | #456 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County, PA?
There are 170 real estate businesses on map listings in Lackawanna County as of September 2026. 8 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 89 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 34.9% from 2019. Official counts list 789 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lackawanna County, PA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $16,753 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 170 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is twice 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 88,263 households in Lackawanna County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lackawanna County, PA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Lackawanna County has 19.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 201, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Lackawanna County would have about 341, against 170 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 992 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 34.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Lackawanna County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Lackawanna County at 216,502 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,263 households. The median household income in Lackawanna County is $66,223 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.4% 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. Lackawanna County scores 63 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #456 of 2,229 scored counties.
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