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Real estate · Small-town market · South Carolina

Real estate businesses in the Newberry, SC area

The real estate businesses in the Newberry, SC area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #28 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$209.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,668 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
345
3.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
76% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,561
+4.8% 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

For real estate businesses, the Newberry area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #28 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for real estate businesses.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Newberry area comes to about $209.5M a year: $13,668 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3.5 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.

There are 14 real estate businesses on map listings in the Newberry area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 76% 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 the Newberry area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,095 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Newberry area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Newberry area compares

The same measures for South Carolina 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 Newberry, SC area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureNewberry areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.142.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)34580100
Households per official establishment1,095363414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.8%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,668$14,791$16,661
Median household income$61,780$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score7535

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$440K
One-person businesses, 2023
92Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
48The 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 the Newberry area, 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 the Newberry area

Population, 2025 estimate
39,561+4.8% since 2020
Households
15,325
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
630 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$61,780+39.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,240
Median home value
$173,300
Jobs located here
15,662
Daytime population
36,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across South Carolina

Every South Carolina market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Carolina for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with the Newberry area marked.

Top small-town markets in South Carolina

Small-town markets in South Carolina ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Newberry, SC75149.1345+4.8%#28 of 536
2Gaffney, SC682611.8255+3.7%#60 of 536
3Orangeburg, SC574313.0226−0.9%#161 of 536
4Greenwood, SC449023.9130+1.7%#337 of 536
5Seneca, SC4110430.1110+6.3%#380 of 536
6Murrells Inlet, SC3415055.362+3.8%#468 of 536

Other business types in the Newberry area

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in the Newberry, SC area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 real estate businesses in the Newberry area. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. 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 list 92 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Newberry, SC area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $209.5M a year, or $13,668 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 14 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.5 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 15,325 households in the Newberry area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Newberry, SC area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

The Newberry area has 9.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 76% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 345, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Newberry area would have about 48, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,095 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is the Newberry, SC area growing?

Population estimates put the Newberry area at 39,561 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,325 households. Median household income in the Newberry area is $61,780, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Newberry area scores 75 for real estate businesses (high), #28 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for real estate businesses · All 56 business types in the Newberry area

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