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Real estate businesses in Bledsoe County, TN

How Bledsoe County, TN 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #299 of 2,229 scored counties
#23 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$63.8M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,142 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
246
2.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
68% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,920
+6.5% 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 Bledsoe County comes to about $63.8M a year: $13,142 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.5 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.

Bledsoe County has 6 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 68% 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 Bledsoe County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,215 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Bledsoe County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Bledsoe County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #299 of 2,229 scored counties and #23 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Bledsoe County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Bledsoe County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureBledsoe CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.436.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)24693100
Households per official establishment1,215736414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.2%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,142$14,833$16,661
Median household income$54,720$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6755

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$256K
One-person businesses, 2023
33Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,920+6.5% since 2020
Households
4,858
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
407 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$54,720+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,637
Median home value
$189,400
Jobs located here
2,517
Daytime population
12,597Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Hickman County, TN8055.3620+5.0%#18 of 2,229
2Hawkins County, TN80177.2430+5.0%#19 of 2,229
3Union County, TN8067.6421+8.1%#20 of 2,229
4Fayette County, TN802112.2297+7.7%#25 of 2,229
5Smith County, TN80911.3295+5.1%#26 of 2,229
6Bedford County, TN773115.9209+9.7%#74 of 2,229
7Polk County, TN7679.4343+5.9%#81 of 2,229
8Gibson County, TN752311.3283+2.7%#104 of 2,229
9Grainger County, TN7477.2418+9.2%#119 of 2,229
10Sequatchie County, TN7469.7322+12.7%#123 of 2,229
23Bledsoe County, TN67612.4246+6.5%#299 of 2,229

Other business types in Bledsoe County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Bledsoe County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 real estate businesses in Bledsoe County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bledsoe County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $63.8M a year, or $13,142 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.5 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 4,858 households in Bledsoe County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bledsoe County, TN compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Bledsoe County has 12.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 246, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Bledsoe County would have about 15, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,215 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Bledsoe County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Bledsoe County at 15,920 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,858 households. Median household income in Bledsoe County is $54,720, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Bledsoe County scores 67 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #299 of 2,229 scored counties.

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