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Real estate businesses in Clay County, TX
The real estate businesses in Clay County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #72 of 2,229 scored counties
#9 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $65.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,281 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 252
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.0
- 64% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,764
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Clay County is 77 (high), #72 of 2,229 scored counties and #9 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.
At $15,281 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Clay County spend about $65.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs. 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.
Clay 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 is 14.0 per 10,000 households, 64% 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 Clay County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,430 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Clay County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clay County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Clay County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.0 | 37.1 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 252 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,430 | 473 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,281 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $80,114 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $217K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses 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 Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,764+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,289
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,089 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $80,114+43.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,547
- Median home value
- $171,500
- Jobs located here
- 1,387
- Daytime population
- 6,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Liberty County, TX | 86 | 41 | 13.1 | 258 | +31.3% | #4 of 2,229 |
| 2San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 11 | 10.1 | 321 | +7.1% | #11 of 2,229 |
| 3Chambers County, TX | 83 | 29 | 16.8 | 237 | +22.6% | #12 of 2,229 |
| 4Burleson County, TX | 80 | 12 | 15.2 | 222 | +16.2% | #29 of 2,229 |
| 5Rusk County, TX | 79 | 12 | 6.7 | 502 | +5.0% | #35 of 2,229 |
| 6Jackson County, TX | 79 | 5 | 8.3 | 400 | +2.6% | #40 of 2,229 |
| 7Jones County, TX | 78 | 5 | 8.5 | 378 | +6.1% | #51 of 2,229 |
| 8Waller County, TX | 78 | 26 | 14.2 | 264 | +21.9% | #57 of 2,229 |
| 9Clay County, TX | 77 | 6 | 14.0 | 252 | +5.0% | #72 of 2,229 |
| 10Fannin County, TX | 76 | 23 | 18.0 | 192 | +9.2% | #92 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Clay 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 Clay County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 real estate businesses in Clay 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Clay County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $65.5M a year, or $15,281 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, 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 4,289 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Clay County has 14.0 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 252, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Clay County would have about 15, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,430 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Clay County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 10,764 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,289 households. Median household income in Clay County is $80,114, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.1%, 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. Clay County scores 77 for real estate businesses (high), #72 of 2,229 scored counties.
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