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Real estate businesses in Overton County, TN

How Overton 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #201 of 2,229 scored counties
#15 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$121M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,337 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
310
3.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.9
74% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,787
+5.3% 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

Overton County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #201 of 2,229 scored counties and #15 of 77 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.

Households in Overton County spend about $121M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,337 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3.1 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.

Overton County has 9 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.9, 74% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Overton County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Overton County grew 5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Overton 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 Overton County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureOverton CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.936.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)31093100
Households per official establishmentn/a736414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.2%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,337$14,833$16,661
Median household income$48,959$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7055

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
68Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The 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 Overton 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 Overton County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,787+5.3% since 2020
Households
9,071
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
434 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$48,959+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,701
Median home value
$173,200
Jobs located here
5,691
Daytime population
18,265Residents 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 Overton 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
15Overton County, TN7099.9310+5.3%#201 of 2,229

Other business types in Overton County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 real estate businesses in Overton County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Overton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 68 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $121M a year, or $13,337 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 9 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.1 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,071 households in Overton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Overton County has 9.9 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 310, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Overton County would have about 28, against 9 on map listings.

How fast is Overton County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Overton County at 23,787 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,071 households. Median household income in Overton County is $48,959, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Overton County scores 70 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #201 of 2,229 scored counties.

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