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Real estate businesses in the Jackson, TN metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in the Jackson, TN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #119 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
190
11 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
70
+5.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,803 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
122
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.2
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
184,569
+2.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 190 real estate businesses in the Jackson metro area. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 6%, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 26.2 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Jackson metro area comes to about $1B a year: $13,803 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 22% above 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.

Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Jackson metro area in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,035 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 553 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in the Jackson metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, the Jackson metro area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #119 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.

How the Jackson metro area 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 Jackson, TN metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureJackson metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.236.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)12293100
Households per official establishment1,035736414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.0%+19.2%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,803$14,833$16,661
Median household income$61,177$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5755

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
70+5.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
257
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
553Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
19011 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
231The 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 Jackson metro 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 Jackson metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
184,569+2.2% since 2020
Households
72,451
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,711 sq. mi.
People per square mile
106
Median household income
$61,177+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,447
Median home value
$185,300
Jobs located here
84,298
Daytime population
188,381Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Tennessee

Every Tennessee market ranked →

The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Jackson metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Morristown, TN7210822.5142+7.9%#32 of 387
2Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA6923918.3174+2.3%#38 of 387
3Cleveland, TN6514028.0117+6.1%#60 of 387
4Jackson, TN5719026.2122+2.2%#119 of 387
5Memphis, TN-MS-AR531,52829.2116−0.3%#155 of 387
6Johnson City, TN5228832.498+4.3%#166 of 387
7Knoxville, TN521,42937.892+6.9%#167 of 387
8Chattanooga, TN-GA5088938.490+5.3%#185 of 387
9Clarksville, TN-KY4853042.478+8.5%#208 of 387
10Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN454,12449.775+8.7%#239 of 387

Other business types in the Jackson metro area

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in the Jackson, TN metro area?

The Jackson metro area has 190 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. Official counts list 553 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Jackson, TN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1B a year, or $13,803 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 190 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 22% above 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 72,451 households in the Jackson metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jackson, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

The Jackson metro area has 26.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 122, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Jackson metro area would have about 231, against 190 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,035 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Jackson, TN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Jackson metro area at 184,569 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,451 households. The median household income in the Jackson metro area is $61,177 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. The Jackson metro area scores 57 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #119 of 387 scored metro areas.

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