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Real estate businesses in Carroll County, TN
How Carroll 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #568 of 2,229 scored counties
#41 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $152.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,229 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 207
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,200
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 real estate businesses in Carroll County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.7, 62% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Carroll County comes to about $152.7M a year: $13,229 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.1 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Carroll County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,282 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Carroll County is 60 (upper middle), #568 of 2,229 scored counties and #41 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Carroll 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.
| Measure | Carroll County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 36.7 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 207 | 93 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,282 | 736 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,229 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $51,787 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,200+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,541
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $51,787+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,399
- Median home value
- $142,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,237
- Daytime population
- 25,107Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hickman County, TN | 80 | 5 | 5.3 | 620 | +5.0% | #18 of 2,229 |
| 2Hawkins County, TN | 80 | 17 | 7.2 | 430 | +5.0% | #19 of 2,229 |
| 3Union County, TN | 80 | 6 | 7.6 | 421 | +8.1% | #20 of 2,229 |
| 4Fayette County, TN | 80 | 21 | 12.2 | 297 | +7.7% | #25 of 2,229 |
| 5Smith County, TN | 80 | 9 | 11.3 | 295 | +5.1% | #26 of 2,229 |
| 6Bedford County, TN | 77 | 31 | 15.9 | 209 | +9.7% | #74 of 2,229 |
| 7Polk County, TN | 76 | 7 | 9.4 | 343 | +5.9% | #81 of 2,229 |
| 8Gibson County, TN | 75 | 23 | 11.3 | 283 | +2.7% | #104 of 2,229 |
| 9Grainger County, TN | 74 | 7 | 7.2 | 418 | +9.2% | #119 of 2,229 |
| 10Sequatchie County, TN | 74 | 6 | 9.7 | 322 | +12.7% | #123 of 2,229 |
| 41Carroll County, TN | 60 | 17 | 14.7 | 207 | +2.7% | #568 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Carroll 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 Carroll County, TN?
There are 17 real estate businesses on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $152.7M a year, or $13,229 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 17 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.1 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 11,541 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, TN compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Carroll County has 14.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 207, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Carroll County would have about 35, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,282 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,200 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,541 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $51,787 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. Carroll County scores 60 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #568 of 2,229 scored counties.
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