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Real estate businesses in Susquehanna County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Susquehanna County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #70 of 2,229 scored counties
#9 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 21
- 2 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $264.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,046 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 291
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.5
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,237
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Susquehanna County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #70 of 2,229 scored counties and #9 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 real estate businesses in Susquehanna County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 10%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 13.5 per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Susquehanna County comes to about $264.5M a year: $17,046 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.9 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Susquehanna County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,586 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show Susquehanna County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Susquehanna 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 | Susquehanna County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.5 | 25.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 291 | 165 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,586 | 752 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.7% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,046 | $18,070 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,487 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $239K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 133Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,237−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,517
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 824 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $68,487+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,074
- Median home value
- $216,400
- Jobs located here
- 9,011
- Daytime population
- 29,767Residents 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 Susquehanna 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 |
Other business types in Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna County, PA?
There are 21 real estate businesses on map listings in Susquehanna County as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 133 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Susquehanna County, PA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $264.5M a year, or $17,046 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 21 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.9 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,517 households in Susquehanna County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Susquehanna County, PA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Susquehanna County has 13.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 291, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Susquehanna County would have about 61, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,586 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Susquehanna County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Susquehanna County at 38,237 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,517 households. The median household income in Susquehanna County is $68,487 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.6% 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. Susquehanna County scores 77 for real estate businesses (high), #70 of 2,229 scored counties.
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