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Real estate businesses in Marshall County, TN
How Marshall 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #170 of 2,229 scored counties
#12 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 26
- 2 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $200.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,719 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 178
- 78% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.1
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,071
- +10.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Marshall County is 72 (upper middle), #170 of 2,229 scored counties and #12 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.
Households in Marshall County spend about $200.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,719 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 78% 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.
There are 26 real estate businesses on map listings in Marshall County as of September 2026. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 19.1 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Marshall County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,514 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show Marshall County grew 10.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Marshall 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 | Marshall County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.1 | 36.7 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 178 | 93 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,514 | 736 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,719 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,049 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $540K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 171Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 262 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The 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 Marshall 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 Marshall County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,071+10.5% since 2020
- Households
- 13,622
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 376 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $71,049+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,058
- Median home value
- $279,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,774
- Daytime population
- 28,975Residents 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 |
| 12Marshall County, TN | 72 | 26 | 19.1 | 178 | +10.5% | #170 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Marshall 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 Marshall County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 real estate businesses in Marshall County. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. 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. Another 171 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Marshall County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $200.5M a year, or $14,719 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 26 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 78% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,622 households in Marshall County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marshall County, TN compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Marshall County has 19.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 178, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Marshall County would have about 46, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,514 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Marshall County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Marshall County at 38,071 people in 2025, up 10.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,622 households. Median household income in Marshall County is $71,049, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. Marshall County scores 72 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #170 of 2,229 scored counties.
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