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Real estate businesses in Kleberg County, TX

How Kleberg County, TX 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #699 of 2,229 scored counties
#64 of 156 scored counties in Texas

Listings
14
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$160.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,503 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
264
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.8
69% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,315
−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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Kleberg County comes to about $160.1M a year: $13,503 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.6 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.

There are 14 real estate businesses on map listings in Kleberg County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 11.8 per 10,000 households, 69% 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 Kleberg County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,317 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Kleberg County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Kleberg County is 57 (upper middle), #699 of 2,229 scored counties and #64 of 156 scored counties in Texas.

How Kleberg 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 Kleberg County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureKleberg CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.837.138.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)26498100
Households per official establishment1,317473414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.6%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,503$15,682$16,661
Median household income$61,292$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5753

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 9
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$727K
One-person businesses, 2023
45Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
140 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The 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 Kleberg 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 Kleberg County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,315−2.2% since 2020
Households
11,853
Median age
31.9
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
881 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$61,292+40.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,637
Median home value
$161,300
Jobs located here
10,003
Daytime population
27,479Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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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
64Kleberg County, TX571411.8264−2.2%#699 of 2,229

Other business types in Kleberg County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 real estate businesses in Kleberg 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 9 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $160.1M a year, or $13,503 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 14 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.6 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 11,853 households in Kleberg County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kleberg County has 11.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 264, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Kleberg County would have about 37, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,317 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Kleberg County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Kleberg County at 30,315 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,853 households. Median household income in Kleberg County is $61,292, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.2%, 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. Kleberg County scores 57 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #699 of 2,229 scored counties.

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