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Real estate businesses in Hunt County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Hunt County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #167 of 2,229 scored counties
#19 of 156 scored counties in Texas

Listings
68
6 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
37
+15.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$569.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,794 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
193
93% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.7
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
123,336
+23.0% 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

For real estate businesses, Hunt County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #167 of 2,229 scored counties and #19 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.

Households in Hunt County spend about $569.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,794 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 93% 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.

Hunt County has 68 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That is 17.7 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 37 businesses with payroll in Hunt County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,040 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show Hunt County grew 23.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Hunt 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.

Real estate in Hunt County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHunt CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.737.138.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)19398100
Households per official establishment1,040473414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.6%+23.6%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+23.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,794$15,682$16,661
Median household income$71,938$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7253

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
32 → 37+15.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
79
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
406Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
686 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
131The 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 Hunt 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 Hunt County

Population, 2025 estimate
123,336+23.0% since 2020
Households
38,466
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
840 sq. mi.
People per square mile
130
Median household income
$71,938+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,212
Median home value
$241,700
Jobs located here
32,267
Daytime population
92,574Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Hunt County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Liberty County, TX864113.1258+31.3%#4 of 2,229
2San Jacinto County, TX831110.1321+7.1%#11 of 2,229
3Chambers County, TX832916.8237+22.6%#12 of 2,229
4Burleson County, TX801215.2222+16.2%#29 of 2,229
5Rusk County, TX79126.7502+5.0%#35 of 2,229
6Jackson County, TX7958.3400+2.6%#40 of 2,229
7Jones County, TX7858.5378+6.1%#51 of 2,229
8Waller County, TX782614.2264+21.9%#57 of 2,229
9Clay County, TX77614.0252+5.0%#72 of 2,229
10Fannin County, TX762318.0192+9.2%#92 of 2,229
19Hunt County, TX726817.7193+23.0%#167 of 2,229

Other business types in Hunt County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Hunt County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 real estate businesses in Hunt County. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019. Official counts list 406 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Hunt County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $569.1M a year, or $14,794 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 68 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 93% 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 38,466 households in Hunt County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hunt County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Hunt County has 17.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 193, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Hunt County would have about 131, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,040 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Hunt County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Hunt County at 123,336 people in 2025, up 23.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,466 households. Median household income in Hunt County is $71,938, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Hunt County scores 72 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #167 of 2,229 scored counties.

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